A visit to the Mount Tabor 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 Mt. Tabor Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery:
39.1876, -80.1329
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Barbour County<2>.
The county seat for Barbour County is located in Philippi. Philippi lies just to the east southeast of the Mt. Tabor Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Tabor Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Mt. Tabor Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Tabor Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oreslip Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Oreslip Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreslip Cemetery
- Nutter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Nutter Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Cemetery
- Astor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Astor Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor Cemetery
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Quaker Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Quaker Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Green Hill Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Cemetery
- Bean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bean Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Bailey Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Masonic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Masonic Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Philippi.
- The Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Philippi Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188923 <5>
- Norris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Norris Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Cemetery
- Taylor Drain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Taylor Drain Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Drain Cemetery
- Radcliffe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Radcliffe Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radcliffe Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sayre Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Sayre Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre Cemetery
- Simpson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Simpson Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson Cemetery
- Horeb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Horeb Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horeb Cemetery
- Gnatty Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Gnatty Creek Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnatty Creek Cemetery
- Olive Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Olive Hill Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Hill Cemetery
- Welch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Welch Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Cemetery
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Tabor Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Tabor Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pepper
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pepper is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper
- Berryburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Berryburg is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryburg
- Elk City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Adaland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adaland is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaland
- Astor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Astor is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Wellington Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington Heights is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Heights
- Philippi
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flemington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flemington is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Tygart Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tygart Junction is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygart Junction
- Meriden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Arden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Arden is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Pleasant Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Brydon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brydon is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brydon
- Craigmoor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Craigmoor is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigmoor
- Teter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Teter is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teter
- Clemtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clemtown is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemtown
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stone House is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Webster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Quiet Dell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Quiet Dell is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dell
- Yates ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anmoore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Audra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Audra is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audra
- Calhoun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Vannoys Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vannoys Mill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoys Mill
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Pruntytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pruntytown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruntytown
- Stonewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewood is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,702 people
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 Mt. Tabor Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Barbour County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Tabor Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mt. Tabor Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Barbour 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 Mt. Tabor Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1697132 (Mount Tabor Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1697132 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: Barbour
- Est. Elev: 410 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Brownton
- Location given for Mount Tabor Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.1875949 Lon: -80.1328608
- 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 Barbour, 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- Mt. Tabor 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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