A visit to the Allen 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 Allen Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Allen Cemetery:
36.4387, -81.6618
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Allen Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Allen Cemetery is located in Ashe County<2>.
The county seat for Ashe County is located in Jefferson. Jefferson lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of the Allen Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Allen Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Allen Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Osborne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Osborne Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Sutherland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Sutherland Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland Cemetery
- Maxwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Cemetery
- Mock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Mock Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Cemetery
- Pennington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Pennington Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Cemetery
- Nelson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Nelson Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nelson Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Creston.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48198 <5>
- Parmer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Parmer Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmer Cemetery
- Eastridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Eastridge Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastridge Cemetery
- Owens Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Osborne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Osborne Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Roark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Roark Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Cemetery
- Hampton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hampton Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Green Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cornett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Cornett Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornett Cemetery
- Jenkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Cemetery
- Winebarger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Winebarger Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winebarger Cemetery
- Roark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Roark Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Cemetery
- Oliver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Oliver Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Cemetery
- Graybeal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Graybeal Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graybeal Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Allen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Allen Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ashland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Creston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Roten
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roten is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Comet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Grayson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grayson is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Trade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Zionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Warrensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Todd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Mabel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Jefferson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Shingletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Fuller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Norris ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Norris is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Whitetop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sands is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Moretz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Moretz is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretz
- Brownwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brownwood is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Fleetwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sturgills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Green Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Green Cove is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
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 Allen Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ashe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Allen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Jefferson
- Mountain City
- West Jefferson
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 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 Allen Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Ashe 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 Allen Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #980101 (Allen Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #980101 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: Ashe
- Est. Elev: 949 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Baldwin Gap
- Location given for Allen Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4387336 Lon: -81.6617773
- 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 North Carolina's counties, including Ashe, 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 from Point A (ie- Allen 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. |