A visit to the Spencer 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 Spencer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Spencer Cemetery:
39.3237, -81.5473
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Spencer Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Spencer Cemetery is located in Wood County<2>.
The county seat for Wood County is located in Parkersburg. Parkersburg lies just to the south of the Spencer Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Spencer Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Spencer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Spencer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ogden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Ogden Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Cemetery
- Rosemar UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Rosemar UMC Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemar UMC Cemetery
- Harkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Harkins Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Cemetery
- Way Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Way Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Way Cemetery
- Hiatt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hiatt Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiatt Cemetery
- Hopkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hopkins Cemetery is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Cemetery
- Woodyard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodyard Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery North
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery North is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery North
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery North is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Parkersburg.
- The Evergreen Cemetery North has also been known as:
- Arlington Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77588 <5>
- Varner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Bank Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Gravel Bank Cemetery is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Bank Cemetery
- The Gravel Bank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Riverview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42945 <5>
- Dunham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Dunham Cemetery is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Riverview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Riverview Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
- The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cook Cemetery
- Cook Family Cemetery
- Riverview - Cook Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2318473 <5>
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Parkersburg Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Xaviers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. Xaviers Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Xaviers Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Moriah Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chichester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Chichester Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chichester Cemetery
- Mayo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mayo Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
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 Spencer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Spencer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Vienna
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Belpre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Parkersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boaz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Valley Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
- Parkers Towne
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Towne
- Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Corner is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Porterfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Blennerhassett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lubeck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
- Williamstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harmar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harmar is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmar
- Vincent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Redbush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Redbush is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Marietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grand View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grand View is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Barlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Kanawha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Sandhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandhill is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Churchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Napier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Napier is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
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 Spencer 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 Spencer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belpre
- Marietta
- Parkersburg
- Williamstown
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 Spencer 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 Spencer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1986813 (Spencer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1986813 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: 197 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Parkersburg
- Location given for Spencer Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.3236858 Lon: -81.5473466
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spencer 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. |