A visit to the Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Grove Cemetery:
39.4145, -79.9237
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Taylor County<2>.
The county seat for Taylor County is located in Grafton. Grafton lies just to the southwest of the Oak Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Oak Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Matthew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Matthew Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthew Cemetery
- McConkey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The McConkey Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConkey Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- Boyce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Boyce Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce Cemetery
- Moran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Moran Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Cemetery
- Amnon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Amnon Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amnon Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Newburg.
- Hope Halleck UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pride Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Pride Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride Cemetery
- Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lake Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cemetery
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- Current Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Current Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Linn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Linn Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Pratt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Pratt Cemetery is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Cemetery
- Summers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Summers Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Cemetery
- Bunners Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Bluemont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bluemont Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bluemont Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Grafton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77798 <5>
- Blackwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Blackwood Cemetery is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Thornton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thornton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Newburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Threefork Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Threefork Bridge is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threefork Bridge
- Gladesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gladesville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
- Neel ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Neel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Fetterman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fetterman is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetterman
- West Grafton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Grafton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grafton
- Grafton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knottsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- Samaria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Samaria is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arthurdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pruntytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pruntytown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruntytown
- Yates ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Tunnelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reedsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Hammond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hammond is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stone House is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Little Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Falls is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Smithtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smithtown is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithtown
- Mount Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
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 Oak Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Taylor County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Fetterman
- Gladesville
- Grafton
- Newburg
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 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 Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Taylor 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 Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1689822 (Oak Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1689822 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: Taylor
- Est. Elev: 528 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gladesville
- Location given for Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.414534 Lon: -79.9236807
- 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 Taylor, 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- Oak Grove 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |