A visit to the Orton 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 Orton Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Orton Cemetery:
38.8350, -80.9265
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Orton Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Orton Cemetery is located in Gilmer County<2>.
The county seat for Gilmer County is located in Glenville. Glenville lies just to the north northeast of the Orton Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Orton Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Orton Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Orton Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Meadows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Snakeroot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Snakeroot Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snakeroot Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- Elihu - Stump Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Sylvester Stump Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Currycomb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Currycomb Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currycomb Cemetery
- Cedarville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Cedarville Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedarville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Cedarville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961158 <5>
- Moss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Moss Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Zeke Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Zeke Run Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeke Run Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Burk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Burk Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burk Cemetery
- Keyster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Keyster Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyster Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Roling Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Roling Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roling Cemetery
- Sand Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Sand Ridge Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge Cemetery
- Earl Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Earl Miller Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Miller Cemetery
- Bourn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Bourn Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourn Cemetery
- Engel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Engel Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engel Cemetery
- Jack Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Jack Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Cemetery
- Rutherford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Rutherford Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford Cemetery
- Rhodes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Rhodes Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Orton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Orton Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Normantown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stumptown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Shock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Cedarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Progress ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Staten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staten
- De Kalb
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Russet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russet
- Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Glenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Wilsie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Exchange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Truebada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truebada
- Grantsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arnoldsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Orma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Arnett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arnett is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
- Stouts Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills
- Walnut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Losie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Alice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Lydia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Elmira
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Clem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Gassaway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- Baldwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Hur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
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 Orton Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Gilmer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Orton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Gassaway
- Glenville
- Grantsville
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 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 Orton Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Gilmer 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 Orton Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2586252 (Orton Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2586252 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: Gilmer
- Topo Map Name: Normantown
- Location given for Orton Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.8349918 Lon: -80.9264879
- 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 Gilmer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Orton 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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