A visit to the Mountain Rest 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 Mountain Rest Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mountain Rest Cemetery:
35.2390, -81.3367
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mountain Rest Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mountain Rest Cemetery is located in Cleveland County<2>.
The county seat for Cleveland County is located in Shelby. Shelby lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Mountain Rest Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mountain Rest Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Mountain Rest Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mountain Rest Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- El Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Westview Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Westview Gardens is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Gardens
- Hullender Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hullender Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullender Cemetery
- Christian Freedom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Long Branch Baptist Cemetery
- Long Branch Church Cemetery
- Grover Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Grover Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grover Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Grover.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47568 <5>
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Howser Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Howser Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howser Cemetery
- Kings Mtn. Battleground Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Apple Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Firestone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Firestone Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Archibald Graham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Deal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Deal Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Cemetery
- Gordon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Gordon Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Antioch Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Mountain Rest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mountain Rest Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kings Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- White Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Bessemer City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Perry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Grover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Gastonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Stony Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Gastonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stubbs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Light Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Cherryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bowling Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Elizabeth City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Clover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dallas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Earl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Dellview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Briarwood Townhouses
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Village Square Townhouses
(11 miles [17.7 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 Mountain Rest Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cleveland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mountain Rest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bessemer City
- Cherryville
- Clover
- Dallas
- Dallas lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Mountain Rest Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dallas.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Gastonia
- Kings Mountain
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 Mountain Rest Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Cleveland 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 Mountain Rest Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #990704 (Mountain Rest)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #990704 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: Cleveland
- Est. Elev: 299 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kings Mountain
- Location given for Mountain Rest:
- Lat: 35.2390233 Lon: -81.3367494
- 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 Cleveland, 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- Mountain Rest 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. |