A visit to the Morrow 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 Morrow Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Morrow Cemetery:
35.2048, -84.2413
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Morrow Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Morrow Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.
The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Murphy. Murphy lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Morrow Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Morrow Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Morrow Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Morrow Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- River Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The River Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Hill Cemetery
- New Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The New Prospect Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- Hamby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hamby Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamby Cemetery
- Garrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Garrett Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Cemetery
- Coker Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Coker Creek Cemetery is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek Cemetery
- Coker Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Coker Creek Cemetery is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek Cemetery
- Lenderman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Lenderman Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenderman Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Holder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Holder Cemetery is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder Cemetery
- Holder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Holder Cemetery is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder Cemetery
- Masingale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Masingale Cemetery is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masingale Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Brock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Brock Cemetery is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Farrow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Farrow Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrow Cemetery
- Bryson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Bryson Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson Cemetery
- Unaka Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Unaka Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Hampton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hampton Cemetery is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Cemetery
- Spurling Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Spurling Cemetery is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurling Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Shoal Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Suit Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Suit Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suit Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Morrow Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Morrow Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Coker Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Vests
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Hiwassee Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Unaka
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Ogreeta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Epperson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Postell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Rural Vale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Grape Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Tellico Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burger Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Jalapa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Hothouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Servilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Servilla is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Chanceytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Boiling Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Ducktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Culberson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Belltown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Archville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Archville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Copperhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pantertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
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 Morrow Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cherokee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Morrow Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Copperhill
- Ducktown
- Murphy
- Tellico Plains
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 either 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 Morrow Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Morrow Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #990275 (Morrow Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #990275 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: Cherokee
- Est. Elev: 514 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Unaka
- Location given for Morrow Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.2048009 Lon: -84.2413079
- 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 Cherokee, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morrow 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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