A visit to the Falling Creek 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 Falling Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Falling Creek Cemetery:
34.0729, -82.8707
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Falling Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Falling Creek Cemetery is located in Elbert County<2>.
The county seat for Elbert County is located in Elberton. Elberton lies just to the north of the Falling Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Falling Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Falling Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Falling Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Forest Hills Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mobley Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Mobley Hill Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobley Hill Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- Whites Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dove Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Dove Creek Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Creek Cemetery
- Springfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Springfield Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Cemetery
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Stinchcomb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Stinchcomb Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinchcomb Cemetery
- Flatwoods Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Flatwoods Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods Cemetery
- Deep Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Deep Creek Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Moore - Booth Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Moore - Booth Family Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore - Booth Family Cemetery
- The Moore - Booth Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jack Moore Family Cemetery
- Moore Family Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Rocky Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Rocky Branch Cemetery is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch Cemetery
- Ruckersville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Ruckersville Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville Cemetery
- The Ruckersville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ruckersville UMC Cemetery
- Harmony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Norman Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Norman Grove Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Grove Cemetery
- Dewy Rose Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Dewy Rose Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewy Rose Cemetery
- Carlton City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Carlton City Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carlton City Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Carlton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2148067 <5>
- Universalist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Universalist Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universalist Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Dye Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Dye Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye Cemetery
- Vans Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Vans Creek Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Creek Cemetery
- Vans Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Vans Creek Cemetery is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Creek Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Falling Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Falling Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elberton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Goss
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Dewy Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carlton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Palmetto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Harper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Comer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tignall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lowndesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Calhoun Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Latimer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Harrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- New Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Dalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Hartwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Colbert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crawford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Iva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <6>
- Royston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Danielsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
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 Falling Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Elbert County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Falling Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Calhoun Falls
- Danielsville
- Elberton
- Hartwell
- Lowndesville
- Royston
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 Falling Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Elbert 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 Falling Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #347853 (Falling Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #347853 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: Elbert
- Est. Elev: 189 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elberton East
- Location given for Falling Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.0728906 Lon: -82.8706954
- 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 Elbert, 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- Falling Creek 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. |