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A visit to the Forest Lawn 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 Forest Lawn Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Lawn Cemetery:

34.0966, -78.1317

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Lawn Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Forest Lawn Cemetery is located in Brunswick County<2>.

The county seat for Brunswick County is located in Bolivia. Bolivia lies just to the south southwest of the Forest Lawn Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Lawn Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Forest Lawn Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Randolph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Randolph Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Cemetery
  • Mercer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Mercer Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer Cemetery
  • Galloway Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Galloway Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Cemetery
  • Concord UMC Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Benton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • The Benton Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Cemetery
  • Galloway Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • The Galloway Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Cemetery
  • Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
  • Drew Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • The Drew Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Cemetery
  • Nelson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • The Nelson Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
  • Skipper Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • The Skipper Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipper Cemetery
  • Prospect Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • The Prospect Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Riley Sellers & Fred Cumbee Cemeteries
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Thomas Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The St. Thomas Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Thomas Cemetery
    • Chinnis Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • The Chinnis Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnis Cemetery
    • Atkinson Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Atkinson Cemetery is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Cemetery
    • Georgetown Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Georgetown Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown Cemetery
    • Williams Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
    • Wells Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Wells Cemetery is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
    • Lennon Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Lennon Cemetery is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennon Cemetery
    • John N. Smith Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The John N. Smith Cemetery is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John N. Smith Cemetery
      • The John N. Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Smith Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48796 <5>
    • Federal Point Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Federal Point Cemetery is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point Cemetery
    • Freeman Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • The Freeman Cemetery is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Wilmington.
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hanks Chapel Cemetery
      • Oak Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485215 <5>
    • Greenlawn Memorial Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Greenlawn Memorial Park is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Memorial Park

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 Forest Lawn Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Bolivia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Winnabow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Boiling Spring Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Boiling Spring Lakes is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring Lakes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,430 people
  • Town Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
  • Supply
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Leland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Leland is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,647 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leland <6>
  • Saint James
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Saint James is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,607 people
  • Old Town
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Old Town is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
  • Malmo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Malmo is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
  • Varnamtown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Varnamtown is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varnamtown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
  • Oak Island
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Silver Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Silver Lake is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Belville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Belville is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,135 people
    • Sivey Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sivey Town is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivey Town
    • Long Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Long Beach is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
    • Yaupon Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Yaupon Beach is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaupon Beach
    • Caswell Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Southport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sea Breeze
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Sea Breeze is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
    • Navassa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Navassa is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navassa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,534 people
    • Sandy Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Sandy Creek is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
    • Kure Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Carolina Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Myrtle Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Myrtle Grove is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
    • Phoenix
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Phoenix is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix

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 Forest Lawn Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brunswick County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Lawn Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 helpful 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 Forest Lawn Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to North Carolina:
  • Pages specific to Brunswick 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 Forest Lawn Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1004673  (Forest Lawn Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1004673 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: Brunswick
      • Est. Elev: 13 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Bolivia
      • Location given for Forest Lawn Cemetery:
      • Lat: 34.0965601     Lon: -78.1316612
      • 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 Brunswick, 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- Forest Lawn 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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.