A visit to the Aviary Gardens ...
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 Aviary Gardens ...
The Aviary Gardens is located in Gaston County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Berryhill Cemetery
- The Berryhill Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryhill Cemetery
- Craig / Jenkins Family Cemetery
- Edgewood Cemetery
- The Edgewood Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Cemetery
- Firestone Cemetery
- The Firestone Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone Cemetery
- Firestone Memorial Cemetery
- Gaston Memorial Park
- The Gaston Memorial Park is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gaston Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Gastonia.
- The Gaston Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Gaston Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47448 <2>
- Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- Hollywood Cemetery
- The Hollywood Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollywood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Gastonia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47713 <2>
- Mauney Cemetery
- The Mauney Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauney Cemetery
- Moores Chapel UMC Cemetery
- Morningside Cemetery
- The Morningside Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Presbyterian Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- New Vision Foursquare Church Cemetery
- North Oakland Cemetery
- The North Oakland Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland Cemetery
- The North Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Oakland Street Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Cemetery is located in Gastonia.
- Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Thrift Baptist Cemetery
- The Thrift Baptist Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift Baptist Cemetery
- Woodland United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Aviary Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alexis
- Alexis is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Begonia ‑ Historic
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Belmont
- Bowling Green
- Brown Town
- Brown Town is located in Gaston County
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- Catawba ‑ Historic
- Catawba is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Chateau Woods
- Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Cramerton
- Dallas
- Dalton Village
- Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County
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- Dixie
- Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County
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- Gastonia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lake Wylie
- Lowell
- Lucia
- Lucia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia
- McAdenville
- Mount Holly
- Paw Creek
- Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
- Pinecrest
- Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Ranlo
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Smyre
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
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- South Gastonia
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Spencer Mountain
- Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County
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- Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
- Stanley
- Woodland ‑ Historic
- Woodland is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
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 Aviary Gardens. The following communities are located in Gaston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Aviary Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dallas
- Gastonia
- Mount Holly
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 Aviary Gardens:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Gaston 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 Aviary Gardens:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #980387 (Aviary Gardens)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #980387 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: Gaston
- Est. Elev: 187 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Holly
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Gaston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Aviary Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |