A visit to the Tavenner 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 Tavenner Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Tavenner Cemetery:
39.2548, -81.5507
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Tavenner Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Tavenner Cemetery is located in Wood County<2>.
The county seat for Wood County is located in Parkersburg. Parkersburg lies just to the northwest of the Tavenner Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Tavenner Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Tavenner Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Tavenner Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Riverview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- 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>
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Dils Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Dils Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dils Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Xaviers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The St. Xaviers Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Xaviers Cemetery
- Parkersburg Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Tracewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Tracewell Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracewell Cemetery
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Posey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Posey Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- McPherson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The McPherson Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson Cemetery
- Woodyard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Woodyard Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard Cemetery
- Neale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Neale Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale Cemetery
- Cedarville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Cedarville Cemetery is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville Cemetery
- River Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The River Hill Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Hill Cemetery
- The River Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- River Hill UMC Cemetery
- Riverhill Cemetery
- Riverhill UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1372269 <5>
- Maddox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Maddox Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox Cemetery
- Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Deem Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deem Cemetery
- Ruble Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Ruble Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruble Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poor Farm Cemetery
- Vandevier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Vandevier Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandevier Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery North
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Ogden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Ogden Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Cemetery
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Tavenner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Tavenner Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Parkersburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Belpre
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Vienna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Lubeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
- North Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Blennerhassett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Mineral Wells
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mineral Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Acres
- Porterfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Eli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eli is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kanawha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corner is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Valley Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
- Parkers Towne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Towne
- Dallison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dallison is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallison
- Boaz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boaz is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Redbush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Redbush is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
- Slate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Leachtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Youba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Youba is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youba
- Vincent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Fillmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
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 Tavenner 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 Tavenner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Tavenner 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 Tavenner Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1556603 (Tavenner Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1556603 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: 189 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Parkersburg
- Location given for Tavenner Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2547973 Lon: -81.5506796
- 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- Tavenner 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. |