A visit to the Ruble 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 Ruble Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ruble Cemetery:
39.0020, -81.3079
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ruble Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ruble Cemetery is located in Wirt County<2>.
The county seat for Wirt County is located in Elizabeth. Elizabeth lies just to the northwest of the Ruble Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Ruble Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ruble Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Saratoga Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Saratoga Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Cemetery
- Rector Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Rector Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector Cemetery
- Beaty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Beaty Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Cemetery
- Guthrie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Guthrie Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Hill Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hill Grove Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove Cemetery
- Depue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Depue Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depue Cemetery
- Mt. Solon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Solon Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Solon Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCrae Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The McCrae Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrae Cemetery
- Belt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Belt Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Two Ripple Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Palestine.
- The Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethesda Church Cemetery
- Palestine Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327950 <5>
- Mayberry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mayberry Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry Cemetery
- New Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The New Home Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
- Two Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Two Run Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Run Cemetery
- Snyder Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maze Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Maze Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maze Cemetery
- Sixteen Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wolverton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wolverton Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton Cemetery
- Pine Twist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Pine Twist Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Twist Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ruble Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ruble Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Burning Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Creston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Lucile
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Palestine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Elizabeth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Millard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Big Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Oxbow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Cisco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Reedy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Freed
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freed
- Newark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Peewee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Greencastle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Rusk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Triplett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Rocksdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
- Hur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Slate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Windy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Grantsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Leachtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Garfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Spencer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cantwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Petroleum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
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 Ruble Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wirt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ruble Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Elizabeth
- Grantsville
- Reedy
- Spencer
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 Ruble Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Wirt 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 Ruble Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1546129 (Ruble Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1546129 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: Wirt
- Est. Elev: 322 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Girta
- Location given for Ruble Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.0020254 Lon: -81.3078962
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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 Wirt, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ruble 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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