A visit to the Brake 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 Brake Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brake Cemetery:
36.0032, -77.8522
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brake Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brake Cemetery is located in Nash County<2>.
The county seat for Nash County is located in Nashville. Nashville lies just to the west southwest of the Brake Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brake Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 32 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Brake Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brake Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Coley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Coley Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coley Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Ellen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Ellen Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Cemetery
- Whitfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Whitfield Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Hilliard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hilliard Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard Cemetery
- Whitley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Whitley Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley Cemetery
- Red Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Red Oak Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Cemetery
- May Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The May Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Cemetery
- Capps Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Capps Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Battle Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Battle Park Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Park Cemetery
- The Battle Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rocky Mount Mill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977750 <5>
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Drake Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Vaughan Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan Cemetery
- Hales Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Hales Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Harper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Harper Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Cemetery
- Braswell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Braswell Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Hilliard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hilliard Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- Enroughty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Enroughty Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enroughty Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Pineview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pineview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Pineview Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview Cemetery
- Northeastern Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Unity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Unity Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Cemetery
- Manns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Manns Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Cemetery
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 Brake Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brake Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dortches
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Westry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Halifax Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- North Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Drake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Regency Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Regency Estates is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Estates
- Red Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Snells Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Snells Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells Crossroads
- Rocky Mount
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Easonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ashburk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Battleboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Langley Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Joyners Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Sandy Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Hilliardston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Dukes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Batchelor Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sharpsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hickory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Taylors Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Whitakers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
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 Brake Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Nash County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brake Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Battleboro
- Nashville
- Rocky Mount
- Whitakers
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 websites either 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 Brake Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Nash 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 Brake Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #981819 (Brake Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #981819 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: Nash
- Est. Elev: 58 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Drake
- Location given for Brake Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.0032092 Lon: -77.8522029
- 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 Nash, 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- Brake 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. |