A visit to the Rummell 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 Rummell Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rummell Cemetery:
38.4120, -81.4876
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rummell Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rummell Cemetery is located in Kanawha County<2>.
The county seat for Kanawha County is located in Charleston. Charleston lies just to the west southwest of the Rummell Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Rummell Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rummell Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rock Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Vickers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Vickers Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickers Cemetery
- Woody Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Woody Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody Cemetery
- Jarretts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Jarretts Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Cemetery
- Given Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Given Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Given Cemetery
- Elk Hills Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Elk Hills Memorial Park is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Hills Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elk Hills Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Big Chimney.
- The Elk Hills Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Copen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #175397 <5>
- Deer Run - Keaton - Myers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Westfall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Westfall Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Lucas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Lucas Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hunter Cemetery 2
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hunter Cemetery 2 is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery 2
- Hunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Perry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Perry Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
- Burdette - Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lacy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lacy Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lacy Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Charleston.
- The Lacy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lacy Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2547681 <5>
- Prouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Prouse Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prouse Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Cline Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cline Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cline Cemetery
- Sand Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Rummell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rummell Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pinch
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pinch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch
- Jarretts Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford
- Elkview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Big Chimney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Big Chimney is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Chimney
- Coco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coco is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco
- Three Mile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile
- Wills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Youngs Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- Airport Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Airport Village has also been known as:
- Airport
- Coal Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coal Fork is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Fork
- Aarons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
- Falling Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Reamer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Ruffner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Ruffner is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ruffner
- Kanawha City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kanawha City is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha City
- Malden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Legg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
- Clendenin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elk is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Dupont City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dupont City is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont City
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Loudendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loudendale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudendale
- Island Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
- Wellford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford
- Sissonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Rummell Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kanawha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rummell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Rummell Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Kanawha 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 Rummell Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1546150 (Rummell Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1546150 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: Kanawha
- Est. Elev: 215 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Blue Creek
- Location given for Rummell Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.4120425 Lon: -81.4876212
- 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 Kanawha, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rummell 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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