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A visit to the Grave Gap 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 Grave Gap Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Grave Gap Cemetery (FG ID #49142)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Grave Gap Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Grave Gap Cemetery

Lat:   35.3089°   (35° 18' 32")

Lon:   -83.5249°   (-83° 31' 29")

The Grave Gap Cemetery is located in Swain County<2>.

The county seat for Swain County is located in Bryson City. Bryson City lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Grave Gap Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Grave Gap Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Truitt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Truitt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Truitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Truitt Cemetery is located in Swain County
  • Brush Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brush Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brush Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brush Creek Cemetery is located in Swain County
  • Wesser Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesser Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wesser Cemetery is located in Swain County
  • Tellico Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tellico Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tellico Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tellico Cemetery is located in Macon County
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morgan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Morgan Cemetery is located in Macon County
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Ledbetter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ledbetter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ledbetter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ledbetter Cemetery is located in Swain County
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lakey Cemetery is located in Macon County
  • Davis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Davis Cemetery is located in Swain County
  • Lauada Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lauada Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lauada Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lauada Cemetery is located in Swain County
  • Davis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Davis Cemetery is located in Swain County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Round Top Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round Top Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Round Top Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Round Top Cemetery is located in Swain County
    • Grant Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grant Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grant Cemetery is located in Swain County
    • Cochran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cochran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cochran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cochran Cemetery is located in Swain County
    • Fred Cochran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brendle Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brendle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brendle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brendle Cemetery is located in Swain County
    • Sawyer Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sawyer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sawyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sawyer Cemetery is located in Swain County
    • Tippet Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jenkins Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Swain County
    • De Hart Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the De Hart Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the De Hart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The De Hart Cemetery is located in Swain County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Grave Gap Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Grave Gap Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Grave Gap Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Swain County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Grave Gap Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Grave Gap Cemetery:

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 Grave Gap Cemetery:

  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #49142

The official website for Swain County: www.swaincounty.org/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

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 Swain, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Grave Gap Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3089, Longitude: -83.5249    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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