A visit to the Pride 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 Pride Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pride Cemetery:
39.4373, -79.9959
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pride Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pride Cemetery is located in Marion County<2>.
The county seat for Marion County is located in Fairmont. Fairmont lies just to the west northwest of the Pride Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pride Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Pride Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pride Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bunners Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amnon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Amnon Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amnon Cemetery
- Moran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Moran Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- McConkey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The McConkey Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConkey Cemetery
- Hayhurst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hayhurst Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayhurst Cemetery
- Linn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Linn Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Cemetery
- Boyce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Boyce Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce Cemetery
- Matthew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Matthew Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthew Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #817856 <5>
- Vincent Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Vincent Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Cemetery
- Ford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Ford Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Hope Halleck UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Summers Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Cemetery
- Current Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Current Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Meadowdale Wesleyan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nuzum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Nuzum Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuzum Cemetery
- Grafton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Grafton Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Bluemont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bluemont Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bluemont Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Grafton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77798 <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 Pride Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pride Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Neel ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Neel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Samaria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Samaria is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Canton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Hammond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hammond is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Fetterman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fetterman is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetterman
- Grafton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thornton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thornton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Smithtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Smithtown is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithtown
- Gladesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gladesville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
- Mount Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- West Grafton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Grafton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grafton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Threefork Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Threefork Bridge is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threefork Bridge
- Pleasant Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,141 people
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Pruntytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pruntytown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruntytown
- Knottsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- Little Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Little Falls is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Newburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Palatine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Palatine is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatine
- Watson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Yates ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Rivesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Garden Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
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 Pride Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Marion County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pride Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Fairmont
- Fetterman
- Gladesville
- Grafton
- Newburg
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 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 Pride Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Marion 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 Pride Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1545269 (Pride Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1545269 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: Marion
- Est. Elev: 539 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gladesville
- Location given for Pride Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.4373099 Lon: -79.9959058
- 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 Marion, 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- Pride 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |