A visit to the Capps 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 Capps Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Capps Cemetery:
35.6807, -82.5640
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Capps Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Capps Cemetery is located in Buncombe County<2>.
The county seat for Buncombe County is located in Asheville. Asheville lies just to the south of the Capps Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Capps Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Capps Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Capps Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ashelawn Gardens of Memory
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Ashelawn Gardens of Memory is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashelawn Gardens of Memory
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ashelawn Gardens of Memory is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Asheville.
- The Ashelawn Gardens of Memory has also been known as:
- Ashelawn Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46749 <5>
- West Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The West Memorial Park is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Memorial Park
- Brank Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Brank Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brank Cemetery
- Garrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Garrison Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison Cemetery
- Olivett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Olivett Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivett Cemetery
- Old Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Macedonia Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Macedonia Cemetery
- Lewis Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Bradley Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Cemetery
- Sheppard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Sheppard Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard Cemetery
- Rhodes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Rhodes Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Cemetery
- Fore - Rutledge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Fore - Rutledge Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fore - Rutledge Cemetery
- The Fore - Rutledge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fore Cemetery
- Ballard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Ballard Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Flat Creek Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek Cemetery
- Spurgeon Bullman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sluder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Sluder Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sluder Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Asheville Cemetery
- City of Asheville Riverside Cemetery
- Hughey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hughey Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hughey Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Asheville.
- The Hughey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Huey Cemetery
- Hughey / Rice Cemetery
- Rice / Hughey Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47729 <5>
- Coles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Coles Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Cemetery
- Blackstock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Blackstock Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstock Cemetery
- Grandview Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Rich Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Violet Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Violet Hill Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill Cemetery
- Green Hills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Green Hills Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills Cemetery
- Maney Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Paint Fork Cemetery is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Fork Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Capps Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Capps Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stoney Knob
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stoney Knob is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Knob
- Weaverville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodfin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Emma
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Asheville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beech
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Flat Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Riceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Leicester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Asheville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Asheville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Asheville
- Sayles Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sayles Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayles Village
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Redwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Swannanoa Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swannanoa Hills is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swannanoa Hills
- Azalea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Democrat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Acton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Shiloh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Wilson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Barnardsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ivy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ivy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Rollins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Newfound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newfound is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
- Enka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Enka Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Biltmore Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Swannanoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockview is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Mars Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marshall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Capps Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Buncombe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Capps Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Asheville
- Barnardsville
- Marshall
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 Capps Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Buncombe 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 Capps Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #982640 (Capps Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #982640 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: Buncombe
- Est. Elev: 662 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Weaverville
- Location given for Capps Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6806661 Lon: -82.564018
- 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 Buncombe, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Capps 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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