A visit to the Meeks 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 Meeks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Meeks Cemetery:
35.9368, -78.0997
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Meeks Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Meeks Cemetery is located in Nash County<2>.
The county seat for Nash County is located in Nashville. Nashville lies just to the east northeast of the Meeks Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Meeks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Meeks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mullen Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mullen Family Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mullen Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Bunn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386846 <5>
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Stallings Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Enroughty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Enroughty Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enroughty Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Hedgepeth Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Hedgepeth Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgepeth Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rose Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Wood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Wood Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Capps Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Capps Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Cemetery
- Griffin Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Griffin Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Leonard Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Leonard Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Cemetery
- Vick Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Vick Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vick 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 Meeks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Meeks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Spring Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lamm Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lamm Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamm Crossroads
- Old Spring Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Spring Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Spring Hope
- White Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Momeyer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Momeyer is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momeyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Bass Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frazier Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Floods Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Hunts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Batchelor Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stanhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Oakland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Edwards Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Mays Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Samaria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Strickland Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Sandy Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lancaster Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bunn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Union Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- High Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Snells Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Snells Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells Crossroads
- Regency Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Regency Estates is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Estates
- Matthews Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Sutton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
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 Meeks Cemetery. The following communities are located in Nash County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Meeks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Meeks 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 Meeks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #989703 (Meeks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #989703 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: 76 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Spring Hope
- Location given for Meeks Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9368204 Lon: -78.099712
- 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 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Meeks 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. |