A visit to the McGee 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 McGee Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McGee Cemetery:
35.5238, -78.5689
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McGee Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McGee Cemetery is located in Johnston County<2>.
The county seat for Johnston County is located in Smithfield. Smithfield lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of the McGee Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the McGee Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the McGee Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McGee Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Coats Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Coats Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Cemetery
- Parrish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Parrish Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish Cemetery
- Nimrod - Stephenson Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The King Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Honeycutt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Honeycutt Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycutt Cemetery
- Benson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Benson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Cemetery
- McGee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The McGee Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Cemetery
- St. Marys Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- David L. Flowers Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The David L. Flowers Family Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David L. Flowers Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the David L. Flowers Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Willow Springs.
- The David L. Flowers Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flowers Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2281306 <5>
- Walton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Walton Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Cemetery
- Stevenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Wiggin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wiggin Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggin Cemetery
- Stevenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
- Leech Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Leech Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leech Cemetery
- Langdon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Langdon Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon Cemetery
- St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
- The St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Amanda Missionary Baptist (MB) Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2465370 <5>
- Johnsons Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Penny Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Penny Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Cemetery
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the McGee Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McGee Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Willow Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Barclaysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Coats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Four Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Angier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Allens Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kennebec
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kennebec is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- McCullers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCullers is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Macks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Macks Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
- Buies Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Hopedale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Smithfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Smithfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Wilson's Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Fuquay - Varina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Garner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Emerald Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Rawls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Chalybeate Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Kipling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kipling is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Erwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Lakeside Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Grove Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
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 McGee Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McGee Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Angier
- Benson
- Buies Creek
- Clayton
- Erwin
- Erwin lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the McGee Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Erwin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Four Oaks
- Smithfield
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 McGee Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Johnston 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 McGee Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #989577 (McGee Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #989577 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: Johnston
- Est. Elev: 84 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Edmondson
- Location given for McGee Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.5237707 Lon: -78.5688974
- 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 Johnston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- McGee 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. |
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