A visit to the Cherry Grove 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 Cherry Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cherry Grove Cemetery:
36.0796, -81.0676
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cherry Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Cherry Grove Cemetery is located in Wilkes County<2>.
The county seat for Wilkes County is located in Wilkesboro. Wilkesboro lies just to the northwest of the Cherry Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Cherry Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> of the Cherry Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cherry Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Bethany Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bethany Cemetery
- Hunting Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Sinai Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sinai Cemetery
- Mountain Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mountain Park Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Wilkesboro.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48172 <5>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Union Tarheel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old Brier Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Long Bottom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Long Bottom Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom Cemetery
- Mountlawn Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jolly Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Jolly Cemetery is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Swan Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Swan Creek Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek Cemetery
- Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Winthrop Friends Meeting Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The Winthrop Friends Meeting Church Cemetery is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Friends Meeting Church Cemetery
- The Winthrop Friends Meeting Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Winthrop Friends Meeting Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2245220 <5>
- Asbury Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The Asbury Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Cemetery
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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 Cherry Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cherry Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Zimmerman ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
- Vashti
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Fletcher ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Wilkesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moravian Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Love Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Henderson ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- North Wilkesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Adley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Adley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rocky Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Castle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Fairplains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Roaring River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Cricket
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cricket is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket
- Clingman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- Boomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Boomer is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomer
- Union Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hays
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Taylorsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Hiddenite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Ronda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millers Creek
(12 miles [19.3 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 Cherry Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wilkes County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cherry Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boomer
- Moravian Falls
- North Wilkesboro
- Taylorsville
- Wilkesboro
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 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 Cherry Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Wilkes 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 Cherry Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #983080 (Cherry Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #983080 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: Wilkes
- Est. Elev: 604 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gilreath
- Location given for Cherry Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.0795769 Lon: -81.0675799
- 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 Wilkes, 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 from Point A (ie- Cherry Grove 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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