A visit to the Stony Point 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 Stony Point Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Stony Point Cemetery:
34.7912, -85.0422
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Stony Point Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Stony Point Cemetery is located in Whitfield County<2>.
The county seat for Whitfield County is located in Dalton. Dalton lies just to the east southeast of the Stony Point Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Stony Point Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Stony Point Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Stony Point Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Callaway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Callaway Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Cemetery
- Dogwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Dogwood Cemetery is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Cemetery
- Dogwood Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunagan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mill Creek Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The West Hill Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Dalton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37668 <5>
- Whitfield Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Whitfield Memorial Gardens is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Whitfield Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Dalton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37732 <5>
- Hamilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Foster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Foster Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Cemetery
- Dedmon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Suttle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Suttle Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttle Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Fairground Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Fairground Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Gordy Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dedmon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Dedmon Cemetery is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedmon Cemetery
- Yates Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Yates Cemetery is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Cemetery
- Wood Station Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Camp Lewallen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Camp Lewallen Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lewallen Cemetery
- Elrod Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Elrod Cemetery is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod Cemetery
- The Elrod Cemetery has also been known as:
- Welcome Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2647679 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Stony Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Stony Point Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rocky Face
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crow ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crow is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Trickum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Trickum is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
- Tunnel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Waring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waring is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waring
- Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
- Crown Mill Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
- Union Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
- Varnell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Catoosa Springs is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa Springs
- Villanow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Villanow is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanow
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,058 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ringgold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Springs is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Ruralvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruralvale is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralvale
- Blue Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Spring is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring
- Rock Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cohutta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boynton is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Hill City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Graysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- LaFayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chatsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Red Clay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Red Clay is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Clay
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 Stony Point Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Whitfield County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Stony Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chatsworth
- LaFayette
- Ringgold
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 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 Stony Point Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Whitfield 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 Stony Point Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #329859 (Stony Point Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #329859 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: Whitfield
- Est. Elev: 284 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tunnel Hill
- Location given for Stony Point Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.7911902 Lon: -85.0421698
- 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 Whitfield, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stony Point 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. |