A visit to the Tenmile 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 Tenmile Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Tenmile Cemetery:
38.8565, -80.1701
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Tenmile Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Tenmile Cemetery is located in Upshur County<2>.
The county seat for Upshur County is located in Buckhannon. Buckhannon lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Tenmile Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Tenmile Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Tenmile Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Tenmile Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Chapel Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Cemetery
- Lanham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Lanham Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham Cemetery
- Alton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Alton Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton Cemetery
- Maher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Maher Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maher Cemetery
- Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Long Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Long Run Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run Cemetery
- Westfall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Westfall Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Westfall Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Buckhannon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175289 <5>
- Marple Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Marple Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hampton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Hampton Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hampton Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Buckhannon.
- The Hampton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hampton UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176771 <5>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Brooks Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Brooks Hill Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Hill Cemetery
- Heavner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Heavner Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavner Cemetery
- The Heavner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Heavener Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78644 <5>
- Upshur County Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Dale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion 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 Tenmile Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Tenmile Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Queens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Queens is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens
- Tenmile
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tenmile is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Sellers ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sellers is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Beans Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beans Mill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Mill
- Alton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Tallmansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Alexander
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Sand Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Sago
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sago is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
- Adrian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adrian is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Cassity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cassity is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassity
- Midvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midvale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Excelsior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Excelsior is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Overhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Overhill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhill
- Hoover Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hoover Town is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Town
- Reger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Reger is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reger
- Wilsontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wilsontown is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsontown
- Gormley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gormley is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gormley
- Abbott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abbott is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Rock Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
- Helvetia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Buckhannon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Huff ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Frenchton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Frenchton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchton
- Kanawha Head
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Womelsdorf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Womelsdorf is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
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 Tenmile Cemetery. The following communities are located in Upshur County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Tenmile Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Tenmile Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Upshur 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 Tenmile Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1547958 (Tenmile Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1547958 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: Upshur
- Est. Elev: 645 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Alton
- Location given for Tenmile Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.8564917 Lon: -80.170079
- 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 Upshur, 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 from Point A (ie- Tenmile 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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