A visit to the Taylor Drain 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 Taylor Drain Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Taylor Drain Cemetery:
39.1951, -80.0290
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Taylor Drain Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Taylor Drain Cemetery is located in Barbour County<2>.
The county seat for Barbour County is located in Philippi. Philippi lies just to the south southwest of the Taylor Drain Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Taylor Drain Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Taylor Drain Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Taylor Drain Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Norris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Norris Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Masonic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Masonic Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Philippi.
- The Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Philippi Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188923 <5>
- Welch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Welch Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Cemetery
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Quaker Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Quaker Cemetery
- Olive Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Olive Hill Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Hill Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Sayre Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Sayre Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre Cemetery
- Silent Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Silent Grove Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silent Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Simpson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Simpson Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Oreslip Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Oreslip Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreslip Cemetery
- Nutter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Nutter Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Cemetery
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Jerusalem Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Cemetery
- Astor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Astor Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor Cemetery
- Pitman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Pitman Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitman Cemetery
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bailey Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Booth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Booth Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth Cemetery
- Barbour Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Barbour Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbour Cemetery
- Mt. Cassell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Cassell Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Cassell Cemetery
- Knottsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Taylor Drain Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Taylor Drain Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Philippi
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meriden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meriden is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Arden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arden is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Adaland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Adaland is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaland
- Clemtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clemtown is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemtown
- Pleasant Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Berryburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Berryburg is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryburg
- Wellington Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wellington Heights is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Heights
- Elk City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elk City is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Vannoys Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vannoys Mill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoys Mill
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stone House is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brydon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brydon is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brydon
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Yates ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Astor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Astor is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Webster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Webster is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Pepper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pepper is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper
- Tygart Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tygart Junction is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygart Junction
- Calhoun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Kalamazoo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kalamazoo is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
- Flemington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flemington is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Valley Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Valley Furnace is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Furnace
- Kasson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kasson is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Knottsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
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 Taylor Drain Cemetery. The following communities are located in Barbour County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Taylor Drain 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 professional and volunteer 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 Taylor Drain Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Barbour 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 Taylor Drain Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1547934 (Taylor Drain Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1547934 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: Barbour
- Est. Elev: 416 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Philippi
- Location given for Taylor Drain Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.1950967 Lon: -80.028969
- 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 Barbour, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Taylor Drain 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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