A visit to the Rock Lick 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 Rock Lick Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rock Lick Cemetery:
39.8701, -80.5317
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rock Lick Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rock Lick Cemetery is located in Marshall County<2>.
The county seat for Marshall County is located in Moundsville. Moundsville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Rock Lick Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rock Lick Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Rock Lick Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rock Lick Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Bane Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bane Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The White Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Clouston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Clouston Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clouston Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Wolf Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wolf Run Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Run Cemetery
- Beelers Station Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fork Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Fork Ridge Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Ridge Cemetery
- Cameron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cameron Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron Cemetery
- Strope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Strope Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strope Cemetery
- Slonaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Schess Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Schess Cemetery is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schess Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lazear Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lazear Cemetery is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazear Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Wolf Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Wolf Run Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Run Cemetery
- Hubbs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hubbs Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbs Cemetery
- Dunkard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Dunkard Cemetery is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard Cemetery
- Fork Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Fork Ridge Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Ridge Cemetery
- Fork Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Fork Ridge Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Ridge Cemetery
- Big Run Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Big Run Christian Church Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run Christian Church Cemetery
- The Big Run Christian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Big Run Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77766 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rock Lick Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rock Lick Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rocklick
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rocklick is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Cameron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCracken
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McCracken is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCracken
- Ryerson Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ryerson Station is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryerson Station
- Calis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Calis is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calis
- Loudenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loudenville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudenville
- Aleppo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Knoxville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Glen Easton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Higbee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Higbee is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higbee
- Limestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Kausooth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kausooth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kausooth
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rosbys Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rosbys Rock is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosbys Rock
- Adaline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Adaline is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaline
- New Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Freeport is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Freeport
- Nettle Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nettle Hill is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettle Hill
- Bannen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bannen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannen
- Rutan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rutan is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutan
- Beham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Beham is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beham
- Dallas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dallas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Littleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Littleton is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Ashtree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashtree is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtree
- Holbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Holbrook is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Sherrard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherrard is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrard
- Moundsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Rock Lick Cemetery. The following communities are located in Marshall County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rock Lick 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 Rock Lick Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Marshall 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 Rock Lick Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1717444 (Rock Lick Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1717444 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: Marshall
- Est. Elev: 450 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cameron
- Location given for Rock Lick Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.8700786 Lon: -80.5317415
- 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 Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rock Lick 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. |