A visit to the Moss 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 Moss Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Moss Cemetery:
38.6640, -81.0509
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Moss Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Moss Cemetery is located in Calhoun County<2>.
The county seat for Calhoun County is located in Grantsville. Grantsville lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north of the Moss Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Moss Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Moss Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Moss Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Walnut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Walnut Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- McCune Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The McCune Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCune Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Coen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Coen Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coen Cemetery
- Mollohan / Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sears Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Sears Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The King Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Bailey - Siers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mollohan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mollohan Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollohan Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Clark Jarvis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Clark Jarvis Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Jarvis Cemetery
- Hawkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
- Elmira Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goodrich Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Goodrich Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich Cemetery
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Minnora Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Minnora Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnora Cemetery
- Conley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Conley Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley Cemetery
- Jarvis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Jarvis Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis Cemetery
- Cottrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cottrell Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottrell Cemetery
- The Cottrell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cottrill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2139735 <5>
- Murphy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Boggs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hallburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Hallburg Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallburg Cemetery
- Mollohan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mollohan Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollohan Cemetery
- Boone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Boone Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Cemetery
- Chenowith - Reip Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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]<3> of the Moss Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Moss Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stinson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Walnut
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Lydia
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Losie ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Mudfork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Elmira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Oka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Dink
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Orma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Clem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Gould
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Arnoldsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Wilsie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Shock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Beech
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Valley Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Strange Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Frametown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Spread
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Harrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Rockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Progress ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Roxalana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
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 Moss Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Calhoun 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 Moss Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1696973 (Moss Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1696973 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: Calhoun
- Est. Elev: 298 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Chloe
- Location given for Moss Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.6639837 Lon: -81.0509431
- 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 Calhoun, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Moss 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. |