A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
34.2415, -84.2938
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.
The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Canton. Canton lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west of the Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Macedonia Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cane Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Cane Creek Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek Cemetery
- Poole Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Poole Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Cemetery
- Old Hightower Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Old Hightower Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hightower Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Old Hightower Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hightower Church Cemetery
- Union Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Becker Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Becker Family Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker Family Cemetery
- Liberty Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Heard Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Sewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sewell Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Cemetery
- Conns Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ponder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Ponder Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder Cemetery
- The Ponder Cemetery has also been known as:
- Philadelphia Church Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Cherry Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pugh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Pugh Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pugh Cemetery
- Hughes Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Hughes Family Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Family Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Ball Ground City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Ground Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dowda Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Dowda Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowda Cemetery
- Stevens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Stevens Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cemetery
- Bagley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Bagley Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Mars Hill Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Free Home
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- White City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ophir
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Buffington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buffington is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Hickory Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Fields Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Ball Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cumming
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nelson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Barrettsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Alpharetta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Silver City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Canton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mountain Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Marble Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ocee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Tate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cagle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Worley Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
- Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Johns Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Canoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Waleska
(15 miles [24.1 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 Smith Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cherokee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alpharetta
- Canton
- Cumming
- Dawsonville
- Roswell
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #323117 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #323117 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: Cherokee
- Est. Elev: 372 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Birmingham
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.2414839 Lon: -84.2938112
- 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 Cherokee, 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 from Point A (ie- Smith 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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