A visit to the Garden of Memories 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 Garden of Memories Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Garden of Memories Cemetery:
36.1701, -80.1712
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Garden of Memories Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Garden of Memories Cemetery is located in Forsyth County<2>.
The county seat for Forsyth County is located in Winston - Salem. Winston - Salem lies just to the southwest of the Garden of Memories Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Garden of Memories Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Garden of Memories Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Garden of Memories Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mecum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mecum Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecum Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Marshall Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Banner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Banner Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Cemetery
- Beck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Beck Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck Cemetery
- Sullivan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sullivan Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Cemetery
- Clayton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Clayton Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Cemetery
- Stultz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Stultz Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stultz Cemetery
- Ogburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Ogburn Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boston Cottage Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2582562 <5>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Eastlawn Gardens of Memory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Carmichael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Carmichael Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmichael Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Winston - Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48680 <5>
- God's Acre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The God's Acre is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for God's Acre
- To give a relative sense of its location, the God's Acre is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Winston - Salem.
- The God's Acre has also been known as:
- Salem Moravian Cemetery
- Salem Moravian God's Acre
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2224695 <5>
- Salem Moravian God's Acre Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Oaklawn Memorial Gardens is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oaklawn Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Winston - Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48277 <5>
- Mt. Gur Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Gur Cemetery is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Gur Cemetery
- Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fulp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Fulp Cemetery is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Garden of Memories Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Garden of Memories Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Walkertown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Hollow Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Hollow Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hollow Estates
- Creekwood Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Creekwood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekwood Acres
- Chalk Level ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chalk Level is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Dilhast
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dilhast is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilhast
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Day Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Day Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Acres
- Ogburn Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ogburn Station is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn Station
- Guthrie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Guthrie is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Talleys Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Talleys Crossing is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleys Crossing
- Hampstead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hampstead is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
- Abington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Abington is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dennis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Forest Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Montview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Montview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montview
- Bon Air
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bon Air is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Brookwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brookwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookwood
- North Winston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Winston is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winston
- Park Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park Terrace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Terrace
- Willowbend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willowbend is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend
- Wellington Way
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington Way is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Way
- Timber Trails
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Timber Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Kimberly Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kimberly Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Acres
- Greystone Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Smokerise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smokerise is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokerise
- Kynwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- White Road ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Brinkley Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brinkley Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley Estates
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Garden of Memories Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Forsyth 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 Garden of Memories Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1007153 (Garden of Memories Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1007153 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: Forsyth
- Est. Elev: 308 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Walkertown
- Location given for Garden of Memories Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.1701371 Lon: -80.1711572
- 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 Forsyth, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Garden of Memories 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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