A visit to the Greer 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 Greer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greer Cemetery:
36.3423, -81.6565
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Greer Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Greer Cemetery is located in Watauga County<2>.
The county seat for Watauga County is located in Boone. Boone lies just to the south of the Greer Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greer Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Greer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Maine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Maine Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Cemetery
- Proffit's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Proffit's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Proffit's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Boone.
- The Proffit's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Proffit's Grove Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188864 <5>
- Winebarger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Winebarger Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winebarger Cemetery
- Sutherland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sutherland Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland Cemetery
- Potter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Potter Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Old Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Old Hopewell Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hopewell Cemetery
- Maxwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Cemetery
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Cemetery
- Cornett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Cornett Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornett Cemetery
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Ward Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- Potter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Potter Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Reece Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Reece Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece Cemetery
- Milam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Milam Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam Cemetery
- Roark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Roark Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Cemetery
- Sutherland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Sutherland Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Green Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Knight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Knight Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Cemetery
- Wallace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- Wallace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- Culler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Culler Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culler Cemetery
- Skyland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Skyland Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland Cemetery
- Edear Parsons Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Edear Parsons Family Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edear Parsons Family Cemetery
- The Edear Parsons Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Parsons Family Cemetery
- Eli Graybeal Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Eli Graybeal Family Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Graybeal Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eli Graybeal Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Creston.
- The Eli Graybeal Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Graybeal Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2504800 <5>
- Graybeal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Graybeal Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graybeal Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Greer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Todd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Zionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Norris ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Norris is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Moretz
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moretz is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretz
- Mabel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Sands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sands is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Ashland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brownwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brownwood is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Boone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rutherwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rutherwood is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fleetwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vilas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Laxon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Deep Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Roten
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roten is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Bamboo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bamboo is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Valle Crucis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Yates is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warrensville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
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 Greer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Watauga County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boone
- Jefferson
- West Jefferson
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 Greer Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Watauga 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 Greer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #986132 (Greer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #986132 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: Watauga
- Est. Elev: 1379 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Zionville
- Location given for Greer Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.3423476 Lon: -81.6564979
- 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 Watauga, 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- Greer 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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