A visit to the Poor Farm 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 Poor Farm Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Poor Farm Cemetery (FG ID #2362141).
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 Poor Farm Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Poor Farm Cemetery:
38.0823, -81.8414
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Poor Farm Cemetery has been estimated.<2> - use with caution.
The Poor Farm Cemetery is located in Boone County<3>.
The county seat for Boone County is located in Madison. Madison lies just to the southeast of the Poor Farm Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Poor Farm Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> of the Poor Farm Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Breedlove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ballard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Price Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chambers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hager Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Allen Cemetery (Holly Hills)
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stollings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smoot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Price Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- W.H. Turley Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Griffith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tawney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Billups Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green - Bias Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Green - Bias Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green - Bias Cemetery
- The Green - Bias Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bias Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2544552 <1>
- Green Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boone Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Ballard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atkins - Halstead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gunnoes - Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vandelinde Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Echols Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riley Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<4> of the Poor Farm Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Danville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rock Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Madison
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Madison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turtle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Washington Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Price Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Powell Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Uneeda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harless
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harless is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harless
- Quinland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dodson Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Layville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Julian
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Horse Creek Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Havana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ramage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Andrew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Poor Farm Cemetery. The following communities are located in Boone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Poor Farm Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Poor Farm Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Boone 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 Poor Farm Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2362141
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> | 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. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poor Farm Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |