A visit to the Dixon 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 Dixon Cemetery ...
The Dixon Cemetery is located in McDowell County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Advent Cemetery
- The Advent Cemetery is located in Burke County
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- Barnes Cemetery
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Brackettown Cemetery
- The Brackettown Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackettown Cemetery
- Camp Creek Cemetery
- The Camp Creek Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Cemetery
- Fork Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- Gilead Baptist Church Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Glenwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1516384 <2>
- Golden Valley Church of the Brethren Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
- The Hall Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Haney Cemetery
- The Haney Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Hoover Cemetery
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Lawing Cemetery
- The Lawing Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Continue List (10 more) ...
- McDowell Memorial Park
- The McDowell Memorial Park is located in McDowell County
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- Neal Cemetery
- The Neal Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Nebo Cemetery
- The Nebo Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Obeth Cemetery
- The Obeth Cemetery is located in Burke County
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- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Ridgway Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Rocky Pass Memorial Park
- The Rocky Pass Memorial Park is located in McDowell County
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- The Rocky Pass Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Rocky Pass Cemetery
- Rocky Pass Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48621 <2>
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Memorial Cemetery
- West Court Cemetery
- The West Court Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dixon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Brindletown
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
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- Calvin
- Calvin is located in Burke County
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- Cuba ‑ Historic
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
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- Enola
- Enola is located in Burke County
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- Glen Alpine
- Glenwood
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
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- Greenlee
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
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- Linville
- Linville is located in Burke County
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- Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Burke County
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- Marion
- Morganton
- Mount Pisgah ‑ Historic
- Mount Pisgah is located in Rutherford County
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- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
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- Nebo
- Parkhill
- Parkhill is located in Burke County
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- Patten
- Patten is located in McDowell County
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- Providence
- Providence is located in McDowell County
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- Rollins ‑ Historic
- Rollins is located in Burke County
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- Salem
- Salem is located in Burke County
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- Sugar Hill
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
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- Thermal City
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
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- Union Mills
- Vein Mountain
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
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- West Marion
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
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- Yellow Gap
- Yellow Gap is located in Burke County
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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 Dixon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McDowell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dixon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Dixon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to McDowell 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 Dixon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1010834 (Dixon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1010834 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: McDowell
- Est. Elev: 443 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Marion East
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including McDowell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dixon Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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