A visit to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Pleasant Hill Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Lat: 38.1426° (38° 8' 33")
Lon: -80.8551° (-80° 51' 18")
The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Nicholas County<2>.
The county seat for Nicholas County is located in Summersville. Summersville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pleasant Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Gilead Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Gilead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Gilead Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Mt. Lookout Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Lookout Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Lookout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Lookout Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Spruce Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spruce Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spruce Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Spruce Grove Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Gilgal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilgal Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilgal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Gilgal Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Fowlers Knob Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fowlers Knob Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fowlers Knob Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Fowlers Knob Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sugar Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sugar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sugar Grove Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Buckhorn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckhorn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buckhorn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Buckhorn Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Dixon Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dixon Chapel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dixon Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Dixon Chapel Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The White Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Zoar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zoar Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zoar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Zoar Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Dotson - Simpson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dotson - Simpson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dotson - Simpson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Dotson - Simpson Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Legg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Legg Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Legg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Legg Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Rider Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rider Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rider Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Rider Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Penile Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Penile Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Penile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Penile Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Jennette Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jennette Cemetery
- The Jennette Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Tyree Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyree Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Tyree Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Amick Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amick Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Amick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Amick Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Mountain Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mountain Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Fields Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fields Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fields Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
- Catholic Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Catholic Church Cemetery is located in Nicholas County
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pleasant Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Runa
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Runa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Snow Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Clifty
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morrison. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Elliot is located in Fayette County
- Lookout
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Odell Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Leander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leander have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Leander is located in Fayette County
- Hilton Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Hilton Village is located in Fayette County
- Crichton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peaser Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Carl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carl. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Tolbert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Summersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clifftop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orient Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Quinwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brushy Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Nettie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tipton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Tipton is located in Nicholas County
- Albion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Mulvane ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulvane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane
- Mulvane is located in Fayette County
- Grayden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grayden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayden
- Grayden is located in Fayette County
- Keeneys Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keeneys Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneys Creek
- Keeneys Creek is located in Fayette County
- Maywood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maywood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Charmco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Zela
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zela
- Zela is located in Nicholas County
- Donald
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Donald. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
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 Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Nicholas County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pleasant Hill 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 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 Pleasant Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Nicholas County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Pleasant Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1741216 (Pleasant Hill Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1741216 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: Mount Nebo
- County: Nicholas Elev: 669
- Location given for GNIS #1741216 (Pleasant Hill Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 Nicholas, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1426, Longitude: -80.8551 In this case, the coordinates for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<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> | 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. |
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