A visit to the Damascus 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 Damascus Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Damascus Cemetery:
34.1409, -85.1663
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Damascus Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Damascus Cemetery is located in Floyd County<2>.
The county seat for Floyd County is located in Rome. Rome lies just to the north of the Damascus Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Damascus Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Damascus Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Damascus Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pleasant Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ware Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Ware Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware Cemetery
- Bobo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Bobo Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo Cemetery
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Silver Creek Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Cemetery
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Vanns Valley Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanns Valley Cemetery
- Six Mile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Six Mile Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Cemetery
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Vanns Valley Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanns Valley Cemetery
- Birdsong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Birdsong Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wax Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Unity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Unity Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Cemetery
- New Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The New Prospect Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect Cemetery
- Live Oak Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Live Oak Baptist Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Live Oak Baptist Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Aragon.
- The Live Oak Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Live Oak Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2210468 <5>
- Ross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flint Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #33963 <5>
- Floyd Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Floyd Memory Gardens is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Memory Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Floyd Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Rome.
- The Floyd Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Floyd Memory Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #33974 <5>
- Mountain View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Flat Rock Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Cemetery
- Montgomery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Montgomery Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Cemetery
- Culver Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Spring Creek Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel AME Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32767 <5>
- Old Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Old Antioch Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Antioch Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Damascus Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Damascus Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Silver Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Lindale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rosemont Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Atlanta Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Bass Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Rome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Aragon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Berry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cave Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Cedartown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Taylorsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Rockmart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Coosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Euharlee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Shannon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Braswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 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 Damascus Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Floyd County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Damascus Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Damascus Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Floyd 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 Damascus Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #353604 (Damascus Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #353604 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: Floyd
- Est. Elev: 262 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rome South
- Location given for Damascus Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1409301 Lon: -85.1663389
- 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 Georgia's counties, including Floyd, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Damascus 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |