A visit to the Perry 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 Perry Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Perry Cemetery:
37.8995, -82.3046
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Perry Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Perry Cemetery is located in Mingo County<2>.
The county seat for Mingo County is located in Williamson. Williamson lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south of the Perry Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Perry Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Perry Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Perry Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Spaulding Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Spaulding Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding Cemetery
- Hodges Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hodges Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Cemetery
- Baisden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Baisden Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baisden Cemetery
- Meade & Messer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Messer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Messer Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messer Cemetery
- Spaulding Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Spaulding Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding Cemetery
- Spaulding Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Spaulding Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding Cemetery
- Meade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Meade Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade Cemetery
- Kirk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Kirk Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk Cemetery
- Stafford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phelps Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Phelps Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps Cemetery
- Vance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Vance Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Brewer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brewer Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer Cemetery
- Wills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wills Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Cemetery
- Baisden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Baisden Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baisden Cemetery
- Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Evans Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
- Newsome Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Newsome Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsome Cemetery
- Marcum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Marcum Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcum Cemetery
- Hanna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hanna Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanna Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Dingess.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78577 <5>
- Marcum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Marcum Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcum Cemetery
- Vance Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Vance Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance Cemetery
- Kirk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Kirk Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk Cemetery
- Workman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Workman Cemetery is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workman Cemetery
- Stroud Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Stroud Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud 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 Perry Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Perry Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wilsondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Stonecoal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Greyeagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greyeagle is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle
- Kermit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hode
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hode is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Warfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lovely
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lovely is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Dingess
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dingess is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess
- Doane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Doane is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane
- Beauty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beauty is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Pilgrim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Whirlwind
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Myrtle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Dunlow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
- Inez
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Troy Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town
- Chattaroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chattaroy is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy
- Harts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cove Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cove Gap is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Kiahsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kiahsville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville
- Debord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Delbarton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Holden is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Wewanta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wewanta is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta
- Clifford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
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 Perry Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mingo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Perry 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 Perry Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Mingo 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 Perry Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1544722 (Perry Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1544722 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: Mingo
- Est. Elev: 326 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wilsondale
- Location given for Perry Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.8995409 Lon: -82.3045872
- 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 Mingo, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Perry 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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