A visit to the Forest Lawn Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Forest Lawn Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Forest Lawn Cemetery (FG ID #47402).
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:
36.1283, -79.8420
The Forest Lawn Cemetery is located in Guilford County<2>.
The county seat for Guilford County is located in Greensboro. Greensboro lies just to the southeast of the Forest Lawn Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Establishment of the Forest Lawn Cemetery ...
The Forest Lawn Cemetery was established in 1928.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 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.
- New Garden Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Cone Cemetery is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Piedmont Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holts Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Midway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Midway Cemetery is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Cemetery
- Green Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Green Hall Cemetery is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hall Cemetery
- Guilford Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moriah UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Phibbs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Phibbs Cemetery is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phibbs Cemetery
- Liberty Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deep River Friends Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Locust Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Bethel Covenant Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Midway UMC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Forest Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fairfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Spicewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Guilford College
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pomona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Greensboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Latham Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Rudd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scalesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oak Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wittys Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Browns Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- McLeansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stokesdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman Crossroad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Garden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Forest Oaks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Sedalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Cliffwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Applegate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
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. The following communities are located in Guilford 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 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 Guilford 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 Find-A-Grave Entry: #47402
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #985284 (Forest Lawn Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #985284 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: Guilford
- Est. Elev: 264 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lake Brandt
- Location given for Forest Lawn Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.1273578 Lon: -79.8425335
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Guilford, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |