A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
39.1165, -81.6157
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Wood County<2>.
The county seat for Wood County is located in Parkersburg. Parkersburg lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wigal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Wigal Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigal Cemetery
- Sellers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Sellers Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers Cemetery
- Twomey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Twomey Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twomey Cemetery
- Amos Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Amos Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos Cemetery
- Naylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wadesville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Wadesville Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesville Cemetery
- Buckley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Buckley Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central Church of Christ Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blair Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Lowers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Lowers Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowers Cemetery
- McClure Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The McClure Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Robison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Robison Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robison Cemetery
- Keenan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Keenan Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenan Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Fleak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Fleak Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleak Cemetery
- Rush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Rush Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Cemetery
- Seebaugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Seebaugh Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seebaugh Cemetery
- Big Tygart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Big Tygart Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Tygart Cemetery
- The Big Tygart Cemetery has also been known as:
- Big Tygart Baptist Cemetery
- Big Tygart - Rockport Cemetery
- Rockport Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77771 <5>
- Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Stephens Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens 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 Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Beatysville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beatysville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatysville
- Eli
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eli is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
- Browning ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Browning is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Mineral Wells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Willowdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Windy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Mineral Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Acres
- Wesley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Mozelle ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mozelle is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Medina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Medina is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Lubeck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Neptune
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Neptune is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Slate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Leachtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Youba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Youba is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youba
- Skull Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skull Run is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Run
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kanawha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Parkersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blennerhassett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Porterfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Portland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Garfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Redbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Redbush is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
- Newark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Belpre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <6>
- Rockland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
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 Smith Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wood County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith 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 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Wood 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1891024 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1891024 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: Wood
- Est. Elev: 290 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rockport
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.1164669 Lon: -81.615682
- 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 Wood, 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- Smith 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. |