A visit to the Rocky 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 Rocky Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rocky Creek Cemetery:
31.7574, -82.8785
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rocky Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rocky Creek Cemetery is located in Coffee County<2>.
The county seat for Coffee County is located in Douglas. Douglas lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the south of the Rocky Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rocky Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Rocky Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rocky Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Frier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Frier Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frier Cemetery
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The St. Andrews Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Andrews Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Candacy Cato Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Candacy Cato Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candacy Cato Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Prigden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Prigden Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigden Cemetery
- Wilcox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilcox Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Cemetery
- Dopson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Dopson Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dopson Cemetery
- Wilcox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilcox Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Cemetery
- Fussell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Fussell Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fussell Cemetery
- Benjamin Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shaw Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
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- Jacksonville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Jacksonville Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Cemetery
- Mobley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mobley Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobley Cemetery
- Fusselle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Fusselle Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusselle Cemetery
- Reedy Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Reedy Branch Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Reedy Branch Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reedy Branch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36554 <5>
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Clements Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Clements Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements Cemetery
- The Clements Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
- Graham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Graham Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Cemetery
- Larkey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Larkey Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkey Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Old Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Old Union Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Union Cemetery
- Broxton City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Broxton City Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxton City Cemetery
- Cato Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Cato Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Rocky Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rocky Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kirkland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Jacksonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Broxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Denton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ambrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber City Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lumber City Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,257 people
- Lumber City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hazlehurst
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Nicholls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McRae - Helena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McRae
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McRae is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
- Helena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Fitzgerald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ocilla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mora is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
- Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
- Rhine
(24 miles [38.6 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 Rocky Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Coffee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rocky Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alamo
- Alamo lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Rocky Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alamo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Alma
- Alma lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Rocky Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alma.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Broxton
- Douglas
- Hazlehurst
- McRae
- Ocilla
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 Rocky Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Coffee 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 Rocky Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #345114 (Rocky Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #345114 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: Coffee
- Est. Elev: 64 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Jacksonville
- Location given for Rocky Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.7574078 Lon: -82.8784782
- 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 Coffee, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rocky 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. |
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