A visit to the Gibson 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 Gibson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gibson Cemetery:
34.7827, -79.5350
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gibson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Gibson Cemetery is located in Scotland County<2>.
The county seat for Scotland County is located in Laurinburg. Laurinburg lies just to the east southeast of the Gibson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Gibson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Gibson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gibson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Beaver Dam Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- McNair Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The McNair Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Cemetery
- Gibson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Gibson Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The King Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Leviner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Leviner Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leviner Cemetery
- Hursey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hursey Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hursey Cemetery
- Woodard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Woodard Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
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- Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Snead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Snead Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Pate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Pate Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Cemetery
- Lytch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lytch Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytch Cemetery
- Blue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Blue Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Cemetery
- Old Hundred Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Hundred Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hundred Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Pate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pate Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Cemetery
- McKinnon Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The McKinnon Family Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McKinnon Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Laurinburg.
- The McKinnon Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- McKinnon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2389839 <5>
- Leach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Leach Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Cemetery
- Malloy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Malloy Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malloy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Malloy Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Laurel Hill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47969 <5>
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] of the Gibson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gibson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Laurel Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Richmond Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Richmond Mill is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mill
- Gibson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Laurinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Laurinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Laurinburg is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laurinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Ghio Scholl Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ghio Scholl Station is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghio Scholl Station
- Newtonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- McColl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hasty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hasty is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Steen Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Steen Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
- Tatum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Red Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Hamlet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Crump Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- Wagram
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Dobbins Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Alma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Marston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Marston is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Bennettsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <6>
- Raemon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Raemon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raemon
- East Rockingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Rockingham is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rockingham
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 Gibson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Scotland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gibson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bennettsville
- Hamlet
- Laurinburg
- Maxton
- McColl
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Gibson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Scotland 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 Gibson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #985667 (Gibson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #985667 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: Scotland
- Est. Elev: 66 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gibson
- Location given for Gibson Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.7826596 Lon: -79.5350502
- 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 Scotland, 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- Gibson 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. |