A visit to the Oakvale 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 Oakvale Cemetery ...
The Oakvale Cemetery is located in Mercer County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Barberie Cemetery
- The Barberie Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Beamer Cemetery
- The Beamer Cemetery is located in Giles County (VA)
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- Blake Cemetery
- The Blake Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Bray Cemetery
- The Bray Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Brown Cemetery
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Brown Cemetery
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Cedar Grove Cemetery
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Giles County (VA)
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- Crawford Cemetery
- The Crawford Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Elmore Cemetery
- The Elmore Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Hales Chapel Cemetery
- The Hales Chapel Cemetery is located in Giles County (VA)
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- Hall Cemetery
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Hearn Cemetery
- The Hearn Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Hogan Cemetery
- The Hogan Cemetery is located in Bland County (VA)
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- Hop Cemetery
- The Hop Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- McCue Cemetery
- The McCue Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Miller Cemetery
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Parmer Cemetery
- The Parmer Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Reed Cemetery
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Stinson Cemetery
- The Stinson Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Tiller Cemetery
- The Tiller Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Wagner Cemetery
- The Wagner Cemetery is located in Bland County (VA)
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- White Cemetery
- The White Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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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]<2> of the Oakvale Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Athens
- Bethel ‑ Historic
- Bethel is located in Mercer County
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- Blake ‑ Historic
- Blake is located in Mercer County
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- Bluff City
- Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA)
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- East River ‑ Historic
- East River is located in Mercer County
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- Edison
- Edison is located in Mercer County
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- El Centro ‑ Historic
- El Centro is located in Mercer County
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- Elgood
- Elgood is located in Mercer County
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- Glen Lyn
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Johnston Town
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County
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- Lurich
- Lurich is located in Giles County (VA)
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- Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic
- Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County
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- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Narrows
- Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County
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- Oakvale
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Pearisburg
- Peterstown
- Princeton
- Rich Creek
- Rich Creek
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County
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- Rocky Gap
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA)
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- Round Bottom
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA)
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- Shumate
- Shumate is located in Giles County (VA)
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- Thessalia
- Thessalia is located in Giles County (VA)
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- Willowton
- Willowton is located in Mercer County
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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 Oakvale Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mercer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakvale Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Oakvale Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Mercer 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 Oakvale Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1557292 (Oakvale Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1557292 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: Mercer
- Est. Elev: 572 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Oakvale
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oakvale Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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