A visit to the Meades 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 Meades Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Meades Cemetery:
37.9743, -82.2749
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Meades Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Meades Cemetery is located in Wayne County<2>.
The county seat for Wayne County is located in Wayne. Wayne lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Meades Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Meades Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Meades Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Meades Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- Meades Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Meades Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meades Cemetery
- Williamson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Williamson Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Jonas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Jonas Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonas Cemetery
- Williamson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Williamson Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson Cemetery
- Shepherd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Shepherd Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Cemetery
- Meeks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Meeks Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks Cemetery
- Maynard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Maynard Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Cemetery
- Stroud Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Stroud Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud Cemetery
- Workman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Workman Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workman Cemetery
- Vance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Vance Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Phelps Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Phelps Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps Cemetery
- Kirk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Kirk Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk Cemetery
- Vance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Vance Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance Cemetery
- Vance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Vance Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance Cemetery
- Adkins White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Adkins White Cemetery is located in Morgan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkins White Cemetery
- Perry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Perry Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
- Perry Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Perry Ridge Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Ridge Cemetery
- Stroud Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stroud Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud Cemetery
- Stafford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kirk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Kirk Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk Cemetery
- Marcum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Marcum Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcum Cemetery
- Workman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Workman Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workman Cemetery
- Queens Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Queens Ridge Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Queens Ridge Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the east of Dunlow.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79635 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Meades Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Meades Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wilsondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Doane
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Doane is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane
- Whirlwind
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind
- Kiahsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kiahsville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville
- Dingess
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dingess is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess
- Harts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cove Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cove Gap is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Wewanta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wewanta is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta
- Dunlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
- Hode
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hode is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Stonecoal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Greyeagle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greyeagle is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kermit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beauty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beauty is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Warfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lovely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lovely is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Big Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Big Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Nestlow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nestlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow
- Troy Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town
- Spears ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spears is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
- Clifford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Pilgrim
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Myrtle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- East Lynn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Lynn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Chapmanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Banco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Banco is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banco
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Meades Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Wayne 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 Meades Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1543043 (Meades Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1543043 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: Wayne
- Est. Elev: 246 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wilsondale
- Location given for Meades Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.9742621 Lon: -82.2748644
- 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 Wayne, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Meades 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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