A visit to the Grassy Creek 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 Grassy Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Grassy Creek Cemetery:
36.2976, -80.8578
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Grassy Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Grassy Creek Cemetery is located in Surry County<2>.
The county seat for Surry County is located in Dobson. Dobson lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northeast of the Grassy Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Grassy Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Grassy Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Grassy Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Mulberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mulberry Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Cemetery
- State Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The State Road Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Road Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Jonesville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Jonesville Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville Cemetery
- Island Ford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Island Ford Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Ford Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Bessies Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Center Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Baptist Church Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188828 <5>
- Arlington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Arlington Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Cemetery
- Fall Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fall Creek Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Little Richmond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Open Door Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Open Door Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Open Door Cemetery
- Snow Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Snow Hill Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill Cemetery
- Zephyr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Zephyr Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr Cemetery
- Mountain Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mountain Park Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mountain Park.
- The Mountain Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain Park Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197374 <5>
- Knobs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Knobs Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobs Cemetery
- Union Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cross Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross Cemetery
- Union Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Roaring Gap Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Gap Cemetery
- Swan Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Swan Creek Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Salem Fork Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Fork Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Fork Cemetery
- Salem Fork Christian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Grassy Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Grassy Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elkin Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- State Road
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elkin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Mulberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Jonesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Zephyr
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Mountain Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Thurmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ronda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lomax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Swan Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Rena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Clingman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- Devotion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Boonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roaring River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Stony Knoll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Dobson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roaring Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Traphill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Grassy Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Surry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Grassy Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boonville
- Elkin
- Elkin lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Grassy Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elkin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Jonesville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Grassy Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Surry 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 Grassy Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1731575 (Grassy Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1731575 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: Surry
- Est. Elev: 374 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elkin North
- Location given for Grassy Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2976339 Lon: -80.8578495
- 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 Surry, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grassy Creek 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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