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A visit to the Saint John Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the St. John Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. John Cemetery (FG ID #791860)

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 St. John Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. John Cemetery

Lat:   40.3483°   (40° 20' 53")

Lon:   -80.5501°   (-80° 33' 0")

The St. John Cemetery is located in Brooke County<2>.

The county seat for Brooke County is located in Wellsburg. Wellsburg lies just to the south southwest of the St. John Cemetery .

Establishment of the St. John Cemetery ...

The St. John Cemetery was founded in 1793.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the St. John Cemetery.<4>

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

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 St. John Cemetery.

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

  • Follansbee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hooverson Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooverson Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
    • Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County
  • Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mingo Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Deandale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Weirton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hanlin Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Paris
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Steubenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Gould
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gould. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
    • Gould is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Gould
    • From the St. John Cemetery to Gould
  • Georges Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Shank Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shank Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shank Town
      • Shank Town is located in Brooke County
    • Jefferson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Alikanna
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alikanna. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alikanna
      • Alikanna is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Alikanna
      • From the St. John Cemetery to Alikanna
    • Wellsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dutch Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
      • Dutch Town is located in Brooke County
    • Independence
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence is located in Washington County (PA)
    • Pattersons Mill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dinsmore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dinsmore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
      • Dinsmore is located in Washington County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dinsmore
      • From the St. John Cemetery to Dinsmore
    • Valley Glen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • New Alexandria
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Alexandria have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexandria
      • New Alexandria is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Brilliant
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brilliant have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
      • Brilliant is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Cross Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Zalia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zalia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalia
      • Zalia is located in Hancock County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Zalia
      • From the St. John Cemetery to Zalia
    • Toronto
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toronto have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
      • Toronto is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toronto <6>
    • Wintersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wintersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
      • Wintersville is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wintersville <6>
    • Fernwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fernwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
      • Fernwood is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fernwood
      • From the St. John Cemetery to Fernwood

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 St. John Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brooke County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. John 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 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 St. John Cemetery:

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 St. John Cemetery:

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Brooke, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. John Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3483, Longitude: -80.5501    
<4>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.
<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>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.




 

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