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A visit to the Jenkins Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Jenkins Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   36.3979°   (36° 23' 52")

Lon:   -81.6785°   (-81° 40' 42")

The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Ashe County<1>.

The county seat for Ashe County is located in Jefferson. Jefferson lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east of the Jenkins Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 35 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Jenkins Cemetery.<3>

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

  • Price Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Price Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Price Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Green Valley Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Ward Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ward Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ward Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Potter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Potter Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wilson Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Potter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Potter Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Sutherland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sutherland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sutherland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sutherland Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Roark Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Roark Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Maxwell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maxwell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maxwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Sutherland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sutherland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sutherland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sutherland Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Vanover Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Knight Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knight Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Knight Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Wallace Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wallace Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Thomas Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Thomas Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Eli Graybeal Family Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Graybeal Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graybeal Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graybeal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Graybeal Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Brown Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brown Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Allen Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Allen Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Roark Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roark Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Roark Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Jones Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jones Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Hampton Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hampton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hampton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hampton Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Hampton Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hampton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hampton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hampton Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Greer Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Greer Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Snyder Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snyder Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snyder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Snyder Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Snyder Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snyder Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snyder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Snyder Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Wallace Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wallace Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Greer Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Greer Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wilson Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Maine Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maine Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Maine Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Milam Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milam Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Milam Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Johnson Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Humphrey Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Humphrey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Humphrey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Humphrey Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Woodard Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Woodard Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Lewis Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Farmer Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Farmer Cemetery is located in Ashe County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Jenkins Cemetery.

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

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 Jenkins Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ashe County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Jenkins 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 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 Jenkins 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 Jenkins Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #987551  (Jenkins Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #987551 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Baldwin Gap
    • County: Ashe         Elev: 973
    • Location given for GNIS #987551 (Jenkins Cemetery)

The official website for Ashe County: www.ashecountygov.com/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Jenkins Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3979, Longitude: -81.6785    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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>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.
<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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