A visit to the Beam 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 Beam Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Beam Cemetery:
35.3498, -81.7126
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Beam Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Beam Cemetery is located in Rutherford County<2>.
The county seat for Rutherford County is located in Rutherfordton. Rutherfordton lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of the Beam Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Beam Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Beam Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Beam Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Thomas Walker Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heaven Bound Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Heaven Bound Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaven Bound Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Heaven Bound Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friendship Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2379602 <5>
- Webb Baptist Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plain View Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Sandy Run Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run Cemetery
- Lattimore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Lattimore Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore Cemetery
- Crowder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Crowder Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder Cemetery
- White Oak Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wall's Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Wall's Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall's Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Wall's Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walls Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976052 <5>
- Dobbins Hawkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Goode Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McBrayer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The McBrayer Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBrayer Cemetery
- Union Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elliott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Elliott Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
- Bostic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Bostic Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostic Cemetery
- Joshua Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Caroleen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #471341 <5>
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Beaver Dam Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Community Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Golden Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lattimore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Lattimore Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore Cemetery
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 Beam Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Beam Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ellenboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mooresboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Lattimore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- New House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Six Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Kingstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Campcall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Polkville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Polkville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Caroleen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Washburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Bostic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hollis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Henrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Boiling Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alexander Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Sandy Mush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Cliffside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Sunshine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Sharon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Lawndale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delight is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
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 Beam Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rutherford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Beam Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Beam Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Rutherford 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 Beam Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #980682 (Beam Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #980682 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: Rutherford
- Est. Elev: 277 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Boiling Springs North
- Location given for Beam Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.3498475 Lon: -81.7125976
- 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 Rutherford, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beam 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. |