A visit to the Elmwood 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 Elmwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elmwood Cemetery:
36.3093, -78.5983
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Elmwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Granville County<2>.
The county seat for Granville County is located in Oxford. Oxford lies just to the east northeast of the Elmwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Elmwood 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 Elmwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elmwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Plummer Cheatham Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Burnette Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Burnette Family Cemetery is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnette Family Cemetery
- The Burnette Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burnette Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2584765 <5>
- Granville Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meadowview Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Meadowview Memorial Park is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Meadowview Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Oxford.
- The Meadowview Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Meadowview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48079 <5>
- Crews Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Crews Family Cemetery is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews Family Cemetery
- Wyche Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Wyche Family Cemetery is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyche Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wyche Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Creedmoor.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327723 <5>
- Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Community Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jess Kittrell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Confederate Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Confederate Cemetery is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- Blacknall Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Blacknall Cemetery is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacknall Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Alpha Omega Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Alpha Omega Cemetery is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha Omega Cemetery
- John Penns Grave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The John Penns Grave is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Penns Grave
- Winston Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Winston Cemetery is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Cemetery
- Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Concord Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Concord Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Creedmoor.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2229549 <5>
- Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Royster Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Royster Cemetery is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royster Cemetery
- Mt. Harmony Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Harmony Cemetery is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Harmony Cemetery
- Peed Family Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Peed Family Cemetery is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peed Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peed Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Butner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353643 <5>
- Waller Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Waller Cemetery is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller Cemetery
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 Elmwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elmwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Oxford
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Providence
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Dabney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Tar River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Fairport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Gela
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Berea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Stovall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Stem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Hester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Kittrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bear Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- South Henderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Wilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Gill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Bobbitt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Gillburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Bullock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Moriah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Lyons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Creedmoor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Adcock Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
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 Elmwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Granville County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Elmwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Berea
- Creedmoor
- Henderson
- Oxford
- Stovall
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Elmwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Granville 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 Elmwood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1003913 (Elmwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1003913 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: Granville
- Est. Elev: 140 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Oxford
- Location given for Elmwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.3093115 Lon: -78.5983346
- 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 Granville, 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- Elmwood 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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