A visit to the Hayes 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 Hayes Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hayes Cemetery:
36.2432, -81.6612
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hayes Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hayes Cemetery is located in Watauga County<2>.
The county seat for Watauga County is located in Boone. Boone lies just to the south southwest of the Hayes Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hayes Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Hayes Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hayes Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Mt. Lawn Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lawn Cemetery
- Vannoy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Horton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Horton Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Cemetery
- Gragg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Gragg Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gragg Cemetery
- Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Greene Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cemetery
- Hodges Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hodges Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Cemetery
- Gragg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Gragg Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gragg Cemetery
- Hayes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Winkler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Winkler Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler Cemetery
- Hartley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Hartley Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Cemetery
- Edmisten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Edmisten Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmisten Cemetery
- Edmisten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Edmisten Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmisten Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pitts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pitts Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts Cemetery
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Boone.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188865 <5>
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Old Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Old Hopewell Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hopewell Cemetery
- Proffit's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Culler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Culler Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culler Cemetery
- Skyland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Skyland Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Hollars Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hollars Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollars Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Piny Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Piny Grove Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piny Grove Cemetery
- Pitts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Pitts Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Cool Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cool Springs Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs Cemetery
- Elrod Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Elrod Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod Cemetery
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 Hayes Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hayes Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sands
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sands is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Norris ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Norris is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Boone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moretz
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moretz is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretz
- Rutherwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rutherwood is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherwood
- Bamboo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bamboo is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Todd
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vilas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Valle Crucis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shulls Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shulls Mill is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shulls Mill
- Laxon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Brownwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brownwood is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blowing Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Deep Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Zionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mabel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Sugar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Foscoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Matney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Matney is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Fleetwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rominger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rominger is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger
- Seven Devils
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls
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 Hayes 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 Hayes 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 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 Hayes 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 Hayes Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1011922 (Hayes Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1011922 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: 982 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Boone
- Location given for Hayes Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2431837 Lon: -81.6612185
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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 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hayes 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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