A visit to the Saint Pauls 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 St. Pauls Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Pauls Cemetery:
40.4176, -80.5615
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Hancock County<2>.
The county seat for Hancock County is located in New Cumberland. New Cumberland lies just to the north northwest of the St. Pauls Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Pauls Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the St. Pauls Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Pauls Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Three Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Three Springs Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Three Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Weirton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80115 <5>
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Weirton.
- The St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201967 <5>
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chapel Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Weirton.
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
- Sunset Hills Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77988 <5>
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Highland Hills Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Chestnut Ridge Cemetery is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
- Island Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Island Creek Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek Cemetery
- Island Creek Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Resurrection Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The B'nai Israel Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nai Israel Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- New Cumberland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The New Cumberland Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cumberland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Cumberland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of New Cumberland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79399 <5>
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mingo Junction Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #175838 <5>
- Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Grove Cemetery is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- Grandview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- Center Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Center Chapel Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Chapel Cemetery
- Coulter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Coulter Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulter Cemetery
- Hill Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Hill Family Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Family Cemetery
- The Hill Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hill Cemetery
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Andrews Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Andrews Cemetery
- Cross Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Cross Creek Cemetery is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek Cemetery
- Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 St. Pauls Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Pauls Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Weirton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Paris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Paris is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Zalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zalia is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalia
- Toronto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alikanna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alikanna is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alikanna
- Steubenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Ferry is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ferry
- Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Ferry is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
- New Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Comettsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Comettsburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comettsburg
- Follansbee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hooverson Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hanlin Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin Station is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin Station
- Island Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Island Creek is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Mingo Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dinsmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dinsmore is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
- Stratton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Empire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Empire is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Wintersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gould
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gould is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Georges Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Georges Run is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Run
- Deandale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Deandale is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deandale
- Kendall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Sugar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Knoxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxville is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- New Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Manchester is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Manchester
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. Pauls Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hancock County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Pauls Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Follansbee
- Mingo Junction
- New Cumberland
- Steubenville
- Toronto
- Weirton
- Wintersville
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 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. Pauls Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Hancock 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 St. Pauls Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1546267 (Saint Pauls Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1546267 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: Hancock
- Est. Elev: 360 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Weirton
- Location given for Saint Pauls Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4175678 Lon: -80.5614598
- 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 Hancock, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Pauls 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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