A visit to the Sander 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 Sander Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sander Cemetery (FG ID #79803).
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 Sander Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sander Cemetery:
37.9909, -81.8765
The Sander Cemetery is located in Boone County<2>.
The county seat for Boone County is located in Madison. Madison lies just to the north northeast of the Sander Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sander Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 35 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> of the Sander Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sander Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Stacy Belle Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Zatto Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Campbell Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Little Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dent Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hager Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nelson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hager Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ball Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rufus C. Ball Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Robert C. Ball Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Robert C. Ball Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert C. Ball Cemetery
- The Robert C. Ball Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ball Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2523953 <1>
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Pauley Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bias Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Canterbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Willie Stollings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Stollings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Workman Community Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Workman Community Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workman Community Cemetery
- The Workman Community Cemetery has also been known as:
- Workman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80359 <1>
- Fowler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ball Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elkins Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bias Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Epling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Elkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Obediah Bias Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Webb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Miller / Patrick Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canterberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Floyd Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles of the Sander Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sander Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Havana
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hewett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ramage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ottawa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffrey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Secoal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Powell Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Manila
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clothier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sodom
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Foch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Price Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quinland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Uneeda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lanta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Banco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chapmanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Sander Cemetery. The following communities are located in Boone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sander Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Sander Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Boone 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 Sander Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #79803
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1546380 (Sander Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1546380 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: Boone
- Est. Elev: 300 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Henlawson
- Location given for Sander Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.9909353 Lon: -81.876512
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Boone, 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- Sander 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |