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A visit to the Harper Family 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 Harper Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Harper Family Cemetery (FG ID #2157258)

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 Harper Family Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Harper Family Cemetery

Lat:   35.3027°   (35° 18' 9")

Lon:   -78.3202°   (-78° 19' 12")

The cemetery is located in Johnston County<3>.

As an estimate, the Harper Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Newton Grove.

The county seat for Johnston County is located in Smithfield. Smithfield lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north of the Harper Family Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Harper Family Cemetery.<4>

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

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]<2> of the Harper Family Cemetery.

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

  • Harper
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Bentonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Newton Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackmans Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Peacocks Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Grantham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • McKoy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McKoy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
    • McKoy is located in Johnston County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to McKoy
    • From the Harper Family Cemetery to McKoy
  • Vann Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vann Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
    • Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
  • Allens Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Spiveys Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Four Oaks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Oaks
    • Four Oaks is located in Johnston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,387 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Four Oaks <7>
  • Raynor Town
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raynor Town have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
    • Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Plain View
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Beaman Crossroads
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Keener
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Princeton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Princeton is located in Johnston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,425 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <7>
    • Pine Level
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Fairfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Johnston County
    • Smithfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Benson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Calypso
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calypso have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
      • Calypso is located in Duplin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
    • Mar-Mac
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mar-Mac have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
      • Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
    • West Smithfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Smithfield have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
      • West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
    • Lakeside Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
      • Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
    • Grove Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
      • Grove Park is located in Harnett County

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 Harper Family Cemetery. The following communities are located in Johnston County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Harper Family Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Harper Family 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 Harper Family Cemetery:

The official website for Johnston County: www.co.johnston.nc.us/

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>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Harper Family Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3027, Longitude: -78.3202    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Johnston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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>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.
<6>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.
<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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