A visit to the Averasboro Cemetery ...
The location of the Averasboro Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<1>
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Averasboro Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Averasboro Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Averasboro Cemetery
Lat: 35.2638° (35° 15' 49")
Lon: -78.6728° (-78° 40' 22")
The Averasboro Cemetery is located in Harnett County<2>.
The county seat for Harnett County is located in Lillington. Lillington lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest of the Averasboro Cemetery .
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 helpful 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 Averasboro Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Harnett County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Averasboro Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Averasboro Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Averasboro Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Godwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Erwin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dunn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Linden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falcon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Falcon is located in Cumberland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Grove Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Lakeside Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Westhaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Fonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
- Fonville is located in Harnett County
- Plain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Turlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bunnlevel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Wade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harnett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harnett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harnett
- Harnett is located in Harnett County
- Walkertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkertown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Coats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Senter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Senter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senter
- Senter is located in Harnett County
- Buies Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McKoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKoy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Benson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spiveys Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
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 Averasboro Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Harnett County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Averasboro Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Benson
- Buies Creek
- Dunn
- Dunn lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Averasboro Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dunn.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Erwin
- Falcon
- Lillington
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Averasboro Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Averasboro Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Colliers Chapel Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Resthaven Memorial Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Memorial Park
- Westminister Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westminister Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Westminister Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westminister Cemetery
- Naylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Naylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Naylor Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Naylor Cemetery
- Lee's Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Lee's Chapel Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- The Lee's Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lee's Chapel Church Cemetery
- Williford Cemetery
- Williford Family Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee's Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2419727 <6>
- Hardy Draughton Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Devotional Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Devotional Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Devotional Gardens is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Devotional Gardens
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
- Bunlevel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bunlevel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bunlevel Cemetery is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunlevel Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Willis Andrew Bell Family cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hawley Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion MB Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Isham McLamb Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Isham McLamb Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Isham McLamb Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Benson.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Isham McLamb Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2508869 <6>
- Stewart Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McArtan Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McArtan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The McArtan Cemetery is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McArtan Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
- W.K. Beasley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- T. Mann Barefoot Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Barefoot Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Barefoot Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barefoot Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Peacocks Crossroads.
- The Barefoot Cemetery has also been known as:
- John A. Barefoot Cemetery
- Tart Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barefoot Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2421426 <6>
- Julius M. Parker Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- John A. Hayes Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ellington Tart Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
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 Averasboro Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #980384 (Averasboro Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #980384 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Erwin
- County: Harnett Elev: 48
- Location given for GNIS #980384 (Averasboro Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Harnett County: www.harnett.org/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 Harnett, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Averasboro Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2638, Longitude: -78.6728 In this case, the coordinates for the Averasboro Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<5> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<6> | 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. |