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A visit to the Pettry Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Pettry Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Pettry Cemetery (FG ID #79538)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Pettry Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pettry Cemetery

Lat:   38.1191°   (38° 7' 8")

Lon:   -81.5413°   (-81° 32' 28")

The cemetery is located in Boone County<3>.

As an estimate, the Pettry Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Comfort.

The county seat for Boone County is located in Madison. Madison lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the west southwest of the Pettry Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Pettry Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pettry Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Green Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Green Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
  • Foster Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Foster Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
  • Massey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Massey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Massey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Massey Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
  • Adkins Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Ferrell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pineview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wrightsville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wrightsville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wrightsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wrightsville Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
  • Meadows Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Coon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bowen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bowen Cemetery is located in Boone County
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77827 <1>
  • Oxley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Little White Oak Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mitchell Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mitchell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mitchell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
    • Frye Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frye Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frye Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Frye Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
    • Fauber Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fauber Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fauber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fauber Cemetery is located in Boone County
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78342 <1>
    • Porter Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mechanics & Miners Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Danville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dry Branch Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Branch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dry Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dry Branch Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
    • Slaughter Creek Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slaughter Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slaughter Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Slaughter Creek Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
    • Cooper Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooper Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cooper Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
    • Sawmill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sawmill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sawmill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sawmill Cemetery is located in Kanawha County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Pettry Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pettry Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Pettry Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Boone County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pettry Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Belle
  • Peytona

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 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 Pettry Cemetery:

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 Pettry Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1544761  (Pettry Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1544761 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Sylvester
    • County: Boone         Elev: 501
    • Location given for GNIS #1544761 (Pettry Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #79538

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Pettry Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1191, Longitude: -81.5413    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Boone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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