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A visit to the Porter Cemetery ...


We aren't confident of the location of the Porter Cemetery, so consider the above location as an estimate.<1>


Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Porter Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <2> website: The Porter Cemetery (FG ID #79599)

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 Porter Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Porter Cemetery has been estimated.

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

Lat:   38.1440°   (38° 8' 38")

Lon:   -81.6333°   (-81° 37' 59")

The cemetery is located in Boone County<3>.

As an estimate, the Porter Cemetery is located in Bloomingrose.

The county seat for Boone County is located in Madison. Madison lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the west southwest of the Porter Cemetery .

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 websites either 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 Porter Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to West Virginia:
  • Pages specific to Boone 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 Porter Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<4> of the Porter Cemetery.

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

    • Sharlow
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharlow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
      • Sharlow is located in Boone County
    • Eden
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Eden is located in Boone County
    • Bloomingrose
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose
      • Bloomingrose is located in Boone County
    • Comfort
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Racine
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
      • Racine is located in Boone County
    • Seth
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Peytona
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytona
      • Peytona is located in Boone County
    • Kirbyton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
      • Kirbyton is located in Boone County
    • Fosterville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fosterville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
      • Fosterville is located in Boone County
    • Johns
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
      • Johns is located in Boone County
    • Hopkins Fork
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopkins Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Fork
      • Hopkins Fork is located in Boone County
    • Rumble
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
      • Rumble is located in Boone County
    • Continue List   (14 more) ...
      • Ashford
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Brushton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushton
        • Brushton is located in Boone County
      • Andrew
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrew
        • Andrew is located in Boone County
      • Nelson
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Nelson is located in Boone County
      • Coopertown
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
        • Coopertown is located in Boone County
      • Joes Creek
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
        • Joes Creek is located in Boone County
      • Winifrede
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
        • Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
      • Dartmont
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dartmont have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmont
        • Dartmont is located in Boone County
      • Easly
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easly have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easly
        • Easly is located in Boone County
      • Nellis
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellis
        • Nellis is located in Boone County
      • Milltown
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
        • Milltown is located in Boone County
      • Orgas
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgas
        • Orgas is located in Boone County
      • Grippe
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grippe have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grippe
        • Grippe is located in Boone County
      • Ridgeview
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
        • Ridgeview is located in Boone 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 Porter Cemetery. The following communities are located in Boone County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Porter Cemetery.<7>

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

    • Foster Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • 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 Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78401 <2>
    • Evans Family Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evans Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Evans Family Cemetery is located in Boone County
      • The Evans Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Evans Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evans Family Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78304 <2>
    • Workman Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Workman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Workman Cemetery is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Workman Cemetery
    • Indian Creek Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Coon Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Meadows Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ferrell Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ferrell Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • The Ferrell Cemetery is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferrell Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78350 <2>
    • Courtney Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirk Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • The Kirk Cemetery is located in Boone County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kirk Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the west of Ashford.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirk Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78886 <2>
    • Price Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Price Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Price Cemetery is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79619 <2>
    • Wade Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wade Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wade Cemetery is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wade Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80200 <2>
    • Barker Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • The Barker Cemetery is located in Boone County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Barker Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Peytona.
      • The Barker Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Barker - Round Bottom Road Cemetery
      • Round Bottom Road Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barker Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2549037 <2>
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Adkins Family Cemetery
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Adkins Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
        • The Adkins Family Cemetery is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adkins Family Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183378 <2>
      • Barker Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Barker Cemetery is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barker Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77661 <2>
      • Price Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Price Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
        • The Price Cemetery is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2446996 <2>
      • Snodgrass Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Snodgrass Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
        • The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snodgrass Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79945 <2>
      • Harless Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Harless Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
        • The Harless Cemetery is located in Boone County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Harless Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the northwest of Brushton.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harless Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2463456 <2>
      • Javins Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Javins Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
        • The Javins Cemetery is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Javins Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78808 <2>
      • Drawdy Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bowen Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Bowen Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77827 <2>
      • Snodgrass Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snodgrass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snodgrass Cemetery

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

    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 Porter Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1545158  (Porter Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1545158 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: Racine
      • County: Boone         Elev: 221
      • Location given for GNIS #1545158 (Porter Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #79599

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

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>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.
    <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 '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Porter Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1440, Longitude: -81.6333       In this case, the coordinates for the Porter Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <7>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.




 

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