A visit to the Hills Chapel 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 Hills Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hills Chapel Cemetery:
36.4235, -80.4620
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hills Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hills Chapel Cemetery is located in Surry County<2>.
The county seat for Surry County is located in Dobson. Dobson lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west of the Hills Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hills Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Hills Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hills Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jessups Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Waugh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Waugh Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Simmons Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Simmons Family Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Family Cemetery
- The Simmons Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Simmons Cemetery
- Bennett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Pilot Mountain City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Pilot Mountain City Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Mountain City Cemetery
- The Pilot Mountain City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pilot Mtn. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989293 <5>
- Venable Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Venable Cemetery is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venable Cemetery
- Brims Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Brims Grove Cemetery is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brims Grove Cemetery
- Lee Joyce Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Lee Joyce Family Cemetery is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Joyce Family Cemetery
- The Lee Joyce Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Joyce Cemetery
- Joyce Family Cemetery
- Mills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Mills Cemetery is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- Denny Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Denny Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Cemetery
- Stone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Stone Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Owen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Owen Cemetery is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen Cemetery
- Joyce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Joyce Cemetery is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce Cemetery
- Westfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Westfield Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cox Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Mount Airy and Pilot Mountain. The cemetery lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Pilot Mountain.
- The Cox Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cox - Harrison Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2438894 <5>
- Whitakers Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Chapel Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Inman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Inman Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman 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 Hills Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hills Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pilot Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Westfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Ararat
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Pinnacle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Albion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Mount Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Sheltontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Pine Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Vade Mecum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Black Water
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Mount Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Capella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Mount Airy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Quaker Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Toast
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Toast is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Copeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Siloam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- King
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Hills Chapel Cemetery. The following communities are located in Surry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hills Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Mount Airy
- Pilot Mountain
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 Hills Chapel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Surry 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 Hills Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1731581 (Hills Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1731581 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: Surry
- Est. Elev: 335 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pilot Mountain
- Location given for Hills Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4234707 Lon: -80.4620025
- 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 Surry, 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' (or 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- Hills Chapel 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. |
| <6> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Mount Airy and Pilot Mountain. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |