A visit to the Banks 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 Banks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Banks Cemetery:
35.9009, -82.2940
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Banks Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Banks Cemetery is located in Yancey County<2>.
The county seat for Yancey County is located in Burnsville. Burnsville lies just to the north northwest of the Banks Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Banks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Banks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dellinger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Dellinger Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellinger Cemetery
- Ray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Ray Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Cemetery
- Penland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Penland Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penland Cemetery
- Burleson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Burleson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burleson Cemetery
- Silver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Silver Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Williams Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Edge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Edge Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge Cemetery
- Boone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Boone Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Cemetery
- Edney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Edney Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edney Cemetery
- Whittington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Whittington Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittington Cemetery
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- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Roland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hensley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hensley Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Clearmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Clearmont Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearmont Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Arwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Arwood Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arwood Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Wyatt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wyatt Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hughes Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Double Island.
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] of the Banks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Banks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Burnsville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Low Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Low Gap is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Pensacola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pensacola is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Micaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Murchison
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Murchison is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
- Newdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newdale is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Day Book
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Day Book is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book
- Celo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Celo is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celo
- Double Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Double Island is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island
- Green Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Higgins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Higgins is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ramseytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ramseytown is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown
- Hamrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hamrick is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
- Sioux
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sioux is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
- Huntdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Huntdale is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale
- Relief
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Relief is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Red Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Tipton Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill
- Penland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bakersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Bailey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Rockview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockview is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Little Switzerland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Herrell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Herrell is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell
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 Banks Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yancey County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Banks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Banks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Yancey 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 Banks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1008912 (Banks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1008912 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: Yancey
- Est. Elev: 842 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Burnsville
- Location given for Banks Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9009473 Lon: -82.2940159
- 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 Yancey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Banks 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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