Date: July
26, 2001
Cemetery: Hansford Cemetery
Established: early 1800's
Street: on property adjacent the water tower hill, adjacent to
Paint Creek
Type: Road-public
City: Pratt
Township:
County: Kanawha
State: West Virginia
Nation: US
Zip:
Nearby: Water tower
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: Surrounded by trees
Sign: No
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: Fence
Gate: Non-locking
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Gravestones: 15-20
Oldest: early 1800
Newest:
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Removed: Unknown
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery poorly maintained
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Restoration: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Transportation
Change: Unknown
Reason: Commercial
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted:
Other Information
The inhabitants are descendants of the first
settlers in the Kanawha Valley and were very prominent in early local
government.
Support
Submitted by:
name: Sherry Levoy
Email: slevoy@hotmail.com
