A visit to the Saunders 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 Saunders Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Saunders Cemetery:
39.0029, -81.0959
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Saunders Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Saunders Cemetery is located in Calhoun County<2>.
The county seat for Calhoun County is located in Grantsville. Grantsville lies just to the south of the Saunders Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Saunders Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Saunders Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Saunders Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Big Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Big Springs Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs Cemetery
- Fox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Fox Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Cemetery
- Waggoner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Waggoner Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggoner Cemetery
- Broomstick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Broomstick Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomstick Cemetery
- Goodnight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Goodnight Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hardman Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Ayers Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hartley Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Cemetery
- Betts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Betts Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts Cemetery
- Frederick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Frederick Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick Cemetery
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- Cunningham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Cunningham Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Cemetery
- Westfall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Westfall Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall Cemetery
- Haught Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Haught Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haught Cemetery
- Wolverton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Wolverton Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton Cemetery
- Sixteen Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maze Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Maze Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maze Cemetery
- Bigbend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bigbend Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbend Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Frederick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Frederick Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick Cemetery
- The Frederick Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grass Run Cemetery
- N.H. Frederick Cemetery
- Nicholas H. Frederick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2590590 <5>
- Hatfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hatfield Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Saunders Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Saunders Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Freed
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freed
- Big Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Smithville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Grantsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burnt House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt House
- Oxbow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Cantwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Hur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Russet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russet
- Staten
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staten
- De Kalb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Lawford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawford
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Creston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Slab
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Cokeleys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Stumptown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Newberne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberne
- Burning Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Rocksdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
- Berea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Normantown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rusk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Cisco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Cairo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Arnoldsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Pullman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Harrisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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 Saunders Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Calhoun County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Saunders Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cairo
- Cairo lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Saunders Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cairo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Glenville
- Grantsville
- Harrisville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Saunders 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 Saunders Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1696921 (Saunders Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1696921 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: 282 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Smithville
- Location given for Saunders Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.0028616 Lon: -81.0959456
- 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 '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- Saunders 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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