A visit to the Wrightsville 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 Wrightsville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wrightsville Cemetery:
38.1848, -81.5660
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wrightsville Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wrightsville Cemetery is located in Kanawha County<2>.
The county seat for Kanawha County is located in Charleston. Charleston lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Wrightsville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wrightsville Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Wrightsville Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wrightsville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mitchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- Sawmill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Sawmill Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Hoffman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hoffman Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman Cemetery
- Massey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Massey Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Cemetery
- Marmet Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hawks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hawks Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Cemetery
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodgrass Cemetery
- Adkins Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Slaughter Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fauber Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Mechanics & Miners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mechanics & Miners Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanics & Miners Cemetery
- The Mechanics & Miners Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bloomingrose Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79153 <5>
- Porter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Porter Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Porter Cemetery is located in Bloomingrose.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79599 <5>
- Meadows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pettry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Pettry Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pettry Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Comfort.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79538 <5>
- Witcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Witcher Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witcher Cemetery
- Barker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Courtney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kirk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Kirk Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kirk Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Ashford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78886 <5>
- Price Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Foster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Evans Family Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Family Cemetery
- The Evans Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evans Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78304 <5>
- Workman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Workman Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workman Cemetery
- Coon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Dry Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Dry Branch Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch Cemetery
- Hensley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Hensley Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley Cemetery
- Lacie - Gray - Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wrightsville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wrightsville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Winifrede
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Winifrede is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede
- Witcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Witcher is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witcher
- Chesapeake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
- Belle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomingrose is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose
- Comfort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cabin Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Chelyan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chelyan is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelyan
- Marmet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Racine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Racine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Sharlow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharlow is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
- Eden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Seth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dry Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Dupont City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dupont City is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont City
- Kirbyton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Fosterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fosterville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Joes Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Joes Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Ronda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ronda is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronda
- East Bank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Johns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Johns is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
- Peytona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peytona is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytona
- Coopertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coopertown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Rumble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rumble is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Ashford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brushton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brushton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushton
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 Wrightsville Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kanawha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wrightsville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belle
- Belle lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Wrightsville Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Belle.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle
- Chelyan
- Peytona
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 websites either 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 Wrightsville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Kanawha 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 Wrightsville Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1549432 (Wrightsville Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1549432 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: Kanawha
- Est. Elev: 243 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Belle
- Location given for Wrightsville Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.1848245 Lon: -81.5659513
- 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 Kanawha, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wrightsville 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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