A visit to the McKoy 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 McKoy Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McKoy Cemetery:
34.5507, -78.5122
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McKoy Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McKoy Cemetery is located in Bladen County<2>.
The county seat for Bladen County is located in Elizabethtown. Elizabethtown lies just to the northwest of the McKoy Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the McKoy Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the McKoy Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McKoy Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Warson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Warson Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warson Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Sutton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Sutton Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton Cemetery
- Lagoon Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Atkinson Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Mears Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mears Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mears Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Marshall Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Melvin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Melvin Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olive Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Elizabethtown.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48161 <5>
- McCall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The McCall Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall Cemetery
- Beatty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Beatty Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Cemetery
- Melvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Melvin Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Cemetery
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Bethel Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bethel Cemetery
- Lucas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Lucas Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the McKoy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McKoy Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Olive
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- White Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosindale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Elizabethtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Council
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Council is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Rico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rico is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Yorick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yorick is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
- Abbottsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Kelly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Kerr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Ruskin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dublin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- East Arcadia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Arcadia is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Ivanhoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Tomahawk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Hallsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
- Lake Waccamaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bolton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bladenboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ammon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Redbug
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Redbug is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
- Sandyfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandyfield is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Garland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- White Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 McKoy Cemetery. The following communities are located in Bladen County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McKoy 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 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 McKoy Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Bladen 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 McKoy Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #989604 (McKoy Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #989604 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: Bladen
- Est. Elev: 30 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elizabethtown South
- Location given for McKoy Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.5507267 Lon: -78.5122299
- 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 Bladen, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McKoy 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. |