A visit to the Holmes 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 Holmes Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Holmes Family Cemetery (FG ID #2639446).
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 Holmes Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Holmes Family Cemetery:
35.3122, -78.2392
The Holmes Family Cemetery is located in Wayne County<2>.
The county seat for Wayne County is located in Goldsboro. Goldsboro lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Holmes Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Holmes Family Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Holmes Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Holmes Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Grantham Dunn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ebenezer UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Phillips Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bentonville National Battlefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harper Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thornton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hiram Grantham Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCullen Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rose - Barefoot Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cole Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Overby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Overby Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overby Cemetery
- Alfred Altman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Barefoot Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Festus Sutton Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lee Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Long Branch Disciples of Christ Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Barefoot Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Thompson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Reedy Prong Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Josiah Eldridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Piney Green Disciples Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Augustus Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Rhodes Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes 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 Holmes Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Holmes Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Grantham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bentonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newton Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Raynor Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Blackmans Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Dudley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brogden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Genoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mar-Mac Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mount Olive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peacocks Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vann Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Pine Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Calypso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- McKoy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Keener
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Faison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rains Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Four Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Holmes Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wayne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Holmes Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Faison
- Faison lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Holmes Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Faison.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faison
- Four Oaks
- Goldsboro
- Princeton
- Smithfield
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 Holmes Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Wayne 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 Holmes Family Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2639446
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wayne, 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- Holmes Family 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |