A visit to the McCrae Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the McCrae Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McCrae Cemetery:
38.9529, -81.2590
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McCrae Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McCrae Cemetery is located in Wirt County<2>.
The county seat for Wirt County is located in Elizabeth. Elizabeth lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the McCrae Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the McCrae Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McCrae Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Snyder Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Maze Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Maze Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maze Cemetery
- Sixteen Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Belt Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt Cemetery
- Rector Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rector Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector Cemetery
- Beaty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Beaty Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Villers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bigbend Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Bigbend Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbend Cemetery
- Ruble Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Ruble Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruble Cemetery
- Hill Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hill Grove Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mt. Solon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Solon Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Solon Cemetery
- Wolverton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Wolverton Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Bryners Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goodnight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Goodnight Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight Cemetery
- Guthrie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Guthrie Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie Cemetery
- Saratoga Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Saratoga Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Cemetery
- Mt. Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hooam Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooam Cemetery
- Stalman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Stalman Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalman Cemetery
- Meadows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Meadows Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Cemetery
- Bee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bee Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Cemetery
- Starcher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Starcher Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starcher Cemetery
- Carpenter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Carpenter Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Cemetery
- Coon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Coon Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Cemetery
- Hartley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hartley Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the McCrae Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McCrae Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Creston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Burning Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Big Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Millard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Lucile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Rocksdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
- Hur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Freed
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freed
- Triplett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Reedy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Grantsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Palestine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oxbow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Elizabeth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pink
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Russet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russet
- Staten
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staten
- Smithville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Cisco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Peewee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Graux
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Graux is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux
- Freeport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Beech
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Arnoldsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Newark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Rusk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the McCrae Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wirt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McCrae Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Elizabeth
- Grantsville
- Reedy
- Spencer
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the McCrae Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Wirt County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the McCrae Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1542972 (McCrae Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1542972 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Wirt
- Est. Elev: 291 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Burning Springs
- Location given for McCrae Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.9528606 Lon: -81.2590064
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Wirt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCrae Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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