A visit to the Coats 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 Coats Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Coats Cemetery:
35.5190, -78.5536
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Coats Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Coats Cemetery is located in Johnston County<2>.
The county seat for Johnston County is located in Smithfield. Smithfield lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of the Coats Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Coats Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Coats Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Coats Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Nimrod - Stephenson Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
- Ennis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Ennis Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis Cemetery
- St. Marys Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- David L. Flowers Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The David L. Flowers Family Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David L. Flowers Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the David L. Flowers Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Willow Springs.
- The David L. Flowers Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flowers Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2281306 <5>
- Coats Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Coats Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Cemetery
- Parrish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Parrish Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish Cemetery
- Honeycutt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Honeycutt Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycutt Cemetery
- McGee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The McGee Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The King Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Walton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Walton Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Stevenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
- Wiggin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Wiggin Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggin Cemetery
- Stevenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
- Benson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Benson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Cemetery
- Langdon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Langdon Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon Cemetery
- Johnsons Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
- The St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Amanda Missionary Baptist (MB) Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2465370 <5>
- Leech Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Leech Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leech Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Coats Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Coats Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Willow Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Barclaysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Four Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Benson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allens Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Angier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Smithfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Wilson's Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Macks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Macks Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Kennebec
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kennebec is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
- Auburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Buies Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Smithfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McCullers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCullers is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
- Garner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westhaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Hopedale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Emerald Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Fuquay - Varina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Erwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Grove Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Peacocks Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
- Rawls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Chalybeate Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
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 Coats Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Coats Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Angier
- Benson
- Buies Creek
- Clayton
- Erwin
- Erwin lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Coats Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Erwin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Four Oaks
- Smithfield
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Coats Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Johnston 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 Coats Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #983310 (Coats Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #983310 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: Johnston
- Est. Elev: 82 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Edmondson
- Location given for Coats Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.5190486 Lon: -78.5536192
- 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 Johnston, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coats 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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