A visit to the Ham 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 Ham Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ham Cemetery:
36.5590, -81.5493
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ham Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ham Cemetery is located in Ashe County<2>.
The county seat for Ashe County is located in Jefferson. Jefferson lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Ham Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 36 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Ham Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ham Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Roop Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Roop Cemetery is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roop Cemetery
- Blevins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Blevins Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins Cemetery
- Eldreth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Eldreth Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldreth Cemetery
- Pennington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Pennington Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Tucker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Tucker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Waters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Waters Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Brooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Sullivan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Sullivan Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Hurley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hurley Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Blevins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Blevins Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Perry Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Perry Cemetery is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Weaver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Weaver Cemetery is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Cemetery
- Sullivan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sullivan Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Tucker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Hart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hart Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Cemetery
- Ham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Ham Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ham Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Hampton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hampton Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Apple Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Apple Grove Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove Cemetery
- The Apple Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grove Cemetery
- Miller Family Cemetery
- William R. Miller Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2505508 <5>
- Powers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Cemetery
- Powers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Ashe County
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- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Stuart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Stuart Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart Cemetery
- Graybeal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Graybeal Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graybeal Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Dolinger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Dolinger Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolinger Cemetery
- Sturgill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Sturgill Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgill Cemetery
- Kilby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Kilby Cemetery is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby Cemetery
- Osborne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Osborne Cemetery is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Cemetery
- Cole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Cole Cemetery is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ham Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Apple Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County
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- Brandon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Sturgills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Lansing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Helton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Helton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Comet
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Comet is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Whitetop
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Warrensville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rugby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Green Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cove is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Grayson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grayson is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Roten
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roten is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Grassy Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crumpler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weavers Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Ashland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Jefferson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Trout Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Ham Cemetery. The following communities are located in Ashe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Ham Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Ashe 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 Ham Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1011811 (Ham Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1011811 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: Ashe
- Est. Elev: 972 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Park
- Location given for Ham Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.5590098 Lon: -81.5492767
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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 Ashe, 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 from Point A (ie- Ham 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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