A visit to the Neal 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 Neal Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Neal Cemetery:
35.6071, -81.9990
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Neal Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Neal Cemetery is located in McDowell County<2>.
The county seat for McDowell County is located in Marion. Marion lies just to the north of the Neal Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Neal Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Neal Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Neal Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ridgway Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Glenwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1516384 <5>
- Lawing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Lawing Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawing Cemetery
- Haney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Haney Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haney Cemetery
- Hoover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- West Court Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The West Court Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Court Cemetery
- Glades Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Glades Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brackettown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Brackettown Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackettown Cemetery
- Rocky Pass Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rocky Pass Memorial Park is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Pass Memorial Park
- The Rocky Pass Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Rocky Pass Cemetery
- Rocky Pass Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48621 <5>
- Old Thermal City Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- McDowell Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The McDowell Memorial Park is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell Memorial Park
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Montford Cove Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hemphill Morgan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Dixon Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Cemetery
- Siloam Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Siloam Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant CME Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Pleasant CME Church Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant CME Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pleasant CME Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Union Mills.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2524829 <5>
- Union Mills Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Camp Creek Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Cemetery
- Fork Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Nebo Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall 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 Neal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Neal Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Glenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Sugar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- West Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Providence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Vein Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thermal City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Whitehouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Greenlee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Union Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Patten
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Nebo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lackey Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Moffitt Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Old Fort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Brindletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Parkhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Parkhill is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
- Dendron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
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 Neal Cemetery. The following communities are located in McDowell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Neal 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 Neal Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to McDowell 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 Neal Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #990881 (Neal Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #990881 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: McDowell
- Est. Elev: 435 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Glenwood
- Location given for Neal Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6070688 Lon: -81.9989946
- 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 McDowell, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Neal 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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