A visit to the Mountain View 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 View Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mountain View Cemetery:
36.4529, -80.9745
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Alleghany County<2>.
The county seat for Alleghany County is located in Sparta. Sparta lies just to the west northwest of the Mountain View Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mountain View Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Mountain View Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mountain View Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cherry Lane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Cherry Lane Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane Cemetery
- Woodruff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Woodruff Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Little Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Little Pine Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pine Cemetery
- Glade Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Glade Valley Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Valley Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Saddle Mtn. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Saddle Mtn. Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Mtn. Cemetery
- Higgins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Higgins Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Cemetery
- Laurel Glenn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Laurel Glenn Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Glenn Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Crab Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Crab Creek Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Creek Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Roaring Gap Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Gap Cemetery
- Union Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Roaring Gap Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Gap Cemetery
- Center Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Center Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Baptist Church Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188828 <5>
- Rocky Ford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Rocky Ford Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford Cemetery
- Fishers Gap Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fishers Gap Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Gap Cemetery
- Savannah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Savannah Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah Cemetery
- Pleasant Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Pleasant Home Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home Cemetery
- Sparta Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Sparta Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta Cemetery
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Johnson Family Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Traphill.
- The Johnson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Johnson Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188960 <5>
- Knobs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Knobs Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobs Cemetery
- State Road Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The State Road Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Road Cemetery
- Mountain Park Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Mountain Park Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mountain Park.
- The Mountain Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain Park Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197374 <5>
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 Mountain View Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mountain View Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Roaring Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Devotion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Hooker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thurmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Low Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Traphill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Low Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Sparta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Abshers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Moxley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Lomax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- State Road
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Baywood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Round Peak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Dehart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
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 View Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Alleghany County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mountain View Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Mountain View Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Alleghany 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 View Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1731480 (Mountain View Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1731480 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: Alleghany
- Est. Elev: 874 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Roaring Gap
- Location given for Mountain View Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4529095 Lon: -80.9745219
- 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 Alleghany, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain View 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. |