A visit to the Melvin 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 Melvin Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Melvin Cemetery:
34.6299, -78.4900
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Melvin Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Melvin Cemetery is located in Bladen County<2>.
The county seat for Bladen County is located in Elizabethtown. Elizabethtown lies just to the west of the Melvin Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Melvin Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Melvin Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Melvin Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Carroll Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Carroll Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll Cemetery
- Dyson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Dyson Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyson Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Sutton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Sutton Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton Cemetery
- Atkinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Atkinson Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Cemetery
- Norris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Norris Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Cemetery
- Marshburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Marshburn Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshburn Cemetery
- Lagoon Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Bible Holiness Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Friendship Bible Holiness Church Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Friendship Bible Holiness Church Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Bible Holiness Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344222 <5>
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Mears Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mears Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mears Cemetery
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- McKoy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The McKoy Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Smith Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Marshall Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Warson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Warson Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warson Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Beatty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Beatty Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Cemetery
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Melvin Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Melvin Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- White Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Elizabethtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Yorick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Yorick is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
- Tomahawk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Kerr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Ruskin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- Ammon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Garland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosindale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Dublin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Council
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Council is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Kelly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Ivanhoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- White Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Rico
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rico is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Ingold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ingold is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingold
- Harrells
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrells is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- McDaniels
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McDaniels is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniels
- Bladenboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tar Heel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Melvin Cemetery. The following communities are located in Bladen County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Melvin 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 professional and volunteer 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 Melvin 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 Melvin Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #989719 (Melvin Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #989719 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: 20 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: White Lake
- Location given for Melvin Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.6298934 Lon: -78.4900066
- 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 '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- Melvin 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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