A visit to the May 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 May Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the May Cemetery:
36.0202, -77.9019
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the May Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The May Cemetery is located in Nash County<2>.
The county seat for Nash County is located in Nashville. Nashville lies just to the southwest of the May Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the May Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from May Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Capps Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Capps Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Coley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Coley Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coley Cemetery
- Whitley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Whitley Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- Enroughty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Enroughty Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enroughty Cemetery
- Ellen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Ellen Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Cemetery
- Hilliard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Hilliard Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard Cemetery
- Hales Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hales Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Cemetery
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- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Brake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Brake Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brake Cemetery
- Rocky Mount Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Rocky Mount Memorial Park is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount Memorial Park
- The Rocky Mount Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Rocky Mount Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48620 <5>
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Vaughan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Vaughan Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the May Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from May Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Red Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Dortches
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Regency Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Regency Estates is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Estates
- Westry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Nashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snells Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Snells Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells Crossroads
- Halifax Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Drake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Dukes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Hilliardston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- North Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Gold Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taylors Store
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Langley Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Easonburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Rocky Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Batchelor Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Ashburk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Battleboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Matthews Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Momeyer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Momeyer is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momeyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- White Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Aventon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Joyners Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Hickory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Castalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
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 May Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Nash County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The May Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Battleboro
- Nashville
- Rocky Mount
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 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 May Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Nash 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 May Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #989498 (May Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #989498 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: Nash
- Est. Elev: 63 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Red Oak
- Location given for May Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.0201532 Lon: -77.901927
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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 Nash, 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 from Point A (ie- May 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |