A visit to the Yost 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 Yost Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Yost Cemetery:
39.6151, -80.2745
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Yost Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Yost Cemetery is located in Monongalia County<2>.
The county seat for Monongalia County is located in Morgantown. Morgantown lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east of the Yost Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Yost Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Yost Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Yost Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Haught Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Haught Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haught Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Bennefield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Bennefield Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennefield Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Piles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Piles Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piles Cemetery
- Efaw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Efaw Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Efaw Cemetery
- Toothman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Toothman Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toothman Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fairview.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78325 <5>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Kennedy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Holbert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Holbert Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbert Cemetery
- Meyers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Meyers Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Cemetery
- Yost Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Yost Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost Cemetery
- Conner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Conner Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Cemetery
- Chisler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Chisler Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisler Cemetery
- Tennant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Tennant Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Tennant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Tennant Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant Cemetery
- Tennant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Tennant Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- McCoy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The McCoy Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy Cemetery
- Daybrook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Daybrook Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daybrook Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Miracle Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Miracle Run Cemetery is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Run Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Yost Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Yost Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fairview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Estimated population in 2021: 373 people
- Sandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Miracle Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Miracle Run is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Run
- Metz
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Metz is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Wadestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wadestown is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadestown
- Wana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mannington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Town is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Katy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Katy is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Hoodsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Hagans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hagans is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagans
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blacksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Maple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Jollytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jollytown is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollytown
- Logansport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Logansport is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
- Barrackville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barrackville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
- Pleasant View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Arnettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arnettsville is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnettsville
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Saint Cloud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Cloud is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
- Rymer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rymer is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymer
- Worthington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Helens Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Helens Run is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helens Run
- Garden Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Rivesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Round Bottom is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Hundred
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Yost Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Monongalia County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Yost Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Hundred
- Mannington
- Worthington
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 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 Yost Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Monongalia 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 Yost Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1549462 (Yost Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1549462 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: Monongalia
- Est. Elev: 375 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mannington
- Location given for Yost Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.6150813 Lon: -80.2745228
- 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 Monongalia, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Yost 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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