A visit to the Bear Creek 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 Bear Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bear Creek Cemetery:
36.3240, -80.6953
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bear Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Surry County<2>.
The county seat for Surry County is located in Dobson. Dobson lies just to the north northwest of the Bear Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bear Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Bear Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bear Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Stony Knoll Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Stony Knoll Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Double Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Double Creek Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Creek Cemetery
- Copeland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Copeland Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland Cemetery
- Union Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cross Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross Cemetery
- Open Door Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Open Door Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Open Door Cemetery
- Snow Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Snow Hill Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill Cemetery
- Little Richmond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dobson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Dobson Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson Cemetery
- Bessies Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clarks Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rock Hill Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Primitive Baptist Cemetery
- Dobson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Dobson Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson Cemetery
- Salem Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Salem Fork Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Fork Cemetery
- Mulberry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mulberry Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Boonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Boonville Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville Cemetery
- Boonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Boonville Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville Cemetery
- Charity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Charity Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Cemetery
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hogans Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blackwater UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bear Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stony Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Fairview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Copeland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Dobson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rockford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Boonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Black Water
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Mulberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Nebo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Richmond Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Siloam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Zephyr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Elkin Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Elkin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Ararat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- White Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Mountain Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- State Road
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jonesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Red Brush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
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 Bear Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Surry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boonville
- Elkin
- Elkin lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Bear Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elkin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Jonesville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Surry 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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1731530 (Bear Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1731530 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: Surry
- Est. Elev: 309 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Copeland
- Location given for Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.3240241 Lon: -80.6953433
- 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 Surry, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bear Creek 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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