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A visit to the McBrayer 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 McBrayer Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   35.2840°   (35° 17' 2")

Lon:   -81.6691°   (-81° 40' 8")

The McBrayer Cemetery is located in Cleveland County<1>.

The county seat for Cleveland County is located in Shelby. Shelby lies just to the east of the McBrayer Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> of the McBrayer Cemetery.<3>

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

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]<2> of the McBrayer Cemetery.

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

  • Mooresboro
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mooresboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
    • Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
  • Boiling Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Lattimore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lattimore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
    • Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
  • Flint Hill ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
  • Six Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Sharon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sharon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
    • Sharon is located in Cleveland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sharon
    • From the McBrayer Cemetery to Sharon
  • Brittain Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brittain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
    • Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
  • Dover
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Cleveland County
  • Ellenboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenboro
    • Ellenboro is located in Rutherford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 830 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellenboro <7>
  • Cliffside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cliffside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
    • Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
  • Kingstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
    • Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Henrietta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Erwinsville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
      • Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
    • Village Square Townhouses
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Square Townhouses have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Square Townhouses
      • Village Square Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
    • Shelby
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Campcall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Caroleen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • New House
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Briarwood Townhouses
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briarwood Townhouses have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
      • Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
    • Earl
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Patterson Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patterson Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
      • Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
    • Polkville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polkville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
      • Polkville is located in Cleveland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
    • Concord
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
      • Concord is located in Rutherford County
    • Sandy Mush
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Light Oak
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Light Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
      • Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
    • Elizabeth City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
      • Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
    • Lawndale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawndale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
      • Lawndale is located in Cleveland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawndale <7>
    • Bostic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bostic have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostic
      • Bostic is located in Rutherford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bostic <7>
    • Alexander Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexander Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
      • Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County

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 McBrayer Cemetery. The following communities are located in Cleveland County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McBrayer Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 McBrayer 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 McBrayer Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1004479  (McBrayer Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1004479 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: Boiling Springs North
    • County: Cleveland         Elev: 263
    • Location given for GNIS #1004479 (McBrayer Cemetery)

The official website for Cleveland County: www.clevelandcounty.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 Cleveland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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 McBrayer Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2840, Longitude: -81.6691    
<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.
<8>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.




 

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