A visit to the Sand Ridge 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 Sand Ridge Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sand Ridge Cemetery:
38.8051, -81.0615
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sand Ridge Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sand Ridge Cemetery is located in Calhoun County<2>.
The county seat for Calhoun County is located in Grantsville. Grantsville lies just to the north northwest of the Sand Ridge Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Sand Ridge Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sand Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sturm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Sturm Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturm Cemetery
- Barr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Barr Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr Cemetery
- Roling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Roling Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roling Cemetery
- Sycamore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sycamore Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Cemetery
- Arnoldsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Arnoldsburg Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg Cemetery
- Mace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mace Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace Cemetery
- Bannon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bannon Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannon Cemetery
- Knotts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Knotts Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Knotts Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Arnoldsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78899 <5>
- Gibson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Gibson Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- Husk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Husk Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Husk Cemetery
- Hays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hays Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Cemetery
- Carpenter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Carpenter Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Orma Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Orma Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma Cemetery
- Booher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Booher Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booher Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Elihu - Stump Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- Sylvester Stump Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Zeke Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Zeke Run Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeke Run Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sand Ridge Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sand Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Arnoldsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Orma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Stumptown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Staten
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staten
- Russet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russet
- Shock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Beech
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Normantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Grantsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Walnut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rocksdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
- Pink
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Losie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Stinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Lydia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Progress ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Oka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka
- Mudfork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Elmira
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- De Kalb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Graux
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Graux is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux
- Wilsie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Big Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Triplett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
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 Sand Ridge Cemetery. The following communities are located in Calhoun County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sand Ridge 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 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 Sand Ridge Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Calhoun 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 Sand Ridge Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1696919 (Sand Ridge Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1696919 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: Calhoun
- Est. Elev: 360 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Millstone
- Location given for Sand Ridge Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.8050903 Lon: -81.0615001
- 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 Calhoun, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Ridge 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. |