A visit to the Poor Farm 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 Poor Farm Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Poor Farm Cemetery:
39.4831, -78.9384
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Poor Farm Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Poor Farm Cemetery is located in Mineral County<2>.
The county seat for Mineral County is located in Keyser. Keyser lies just to the southwest 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 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Poor Farm Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Waxler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Waxler Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxler Cemetery
- Dayton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sulter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Sulter Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulter Cemetery
- Umstot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Umstot Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umstot Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Mead Chapel Biser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Meadow View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Meadow View Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Cemetery
- Queens Meadows Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Queens Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Queens Point Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Point Cemetery
- Potomac Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Urice & Kerns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Beeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Beeman Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeman Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Barton (MD).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2403737 <5>
- Morrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Morrison Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Cemetery
- Duckworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Duckworth Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Duckworth Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckworth Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Duckworth Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Westernport (MD).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2399183 <5>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Arnold Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Arnold Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Cabin Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cabin Run Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Run Cemetery
- Reeves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Reeves Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves Cemetery
- Culp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Culp Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp Cemetery
- Dayton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Dayton Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
- Hutson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hutson Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutson Cemetery
- The Hutson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cresap Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405526 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Poor Farm Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Keyser
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nikep
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nikep is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nikep
- Moscow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Barton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Westernport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Piedmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lonaconing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frost ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frost is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Gilmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gilmore is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Luke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Headsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Short Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Pinto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pinto is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Bloomington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Windom ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Windom is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- New Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ocean is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean
- Woodland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Klondike
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Klondike is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Fort Ashby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brady is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Cresaptown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Loarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Loarville is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loarville
- Borden Shaft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Borden Shaft is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Shaft
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. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mineral 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 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 Poor Farm Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Mineral 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 GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1937385 (Poor Farm Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1937385 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: Mineral
- Est. Elev: 228 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Keyser
- Location given for Poor Farm Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.4831479 Lon: -78.9383585
- 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 Mineral, 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 from Point A (ie- Poor Farm 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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