A visit to the Nebo 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 Nebo Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Nebo Cemetery:
35.7157, -81.9223
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Nebo Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Nebo Cemetery is located in McDowell County<2>.
The county seat for McDowell County is located in Marion. Marion lies just to the west southwest of the Nebo Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Nebo Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Nebo Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Nebo Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McDowell Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The McDowell Memorial Park is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell Memorial Park
- Gilead Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Obeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Obeth Cemetery is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obeth Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- Rocky Pass Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Dixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Dixon Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Haney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Haney Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haney Cemetery
- West Court Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The West Court Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Court Cemetery
- Ridgway Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Glenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Advent Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Advent Cemetery is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Cemetery
- Table Rock Adventist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Mtn. Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mtn. Cemetery
- Neal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
- Washburn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Washburn Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Glades Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Glades Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Nebo Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Nebo Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nebo
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Patten
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Linville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Linville is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Parkhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Parkhill is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
- West Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Glenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Glen Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Providence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Brindletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Calvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Calvin is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Ashford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ashford is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Greenlee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Sugar Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Vein Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Thermal City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Altapass
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Altapass is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altapass
- Morganton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grassy Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy Creek is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Little Switzerland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old Fort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lackey Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Union Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Enola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Enola is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Yellow Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Yellow Gap is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Gap
- Spruce Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Nebo Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McDowell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Nebo Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Marion
- Morganton
- Old Fort
- Spruce Pine
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 Nebo 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 Nebo Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1013887 (Nebo Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1013887 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: 412 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Marion East
- Location given for Nebo Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.7156813 Lon: -81.9223273
- 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nebo 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. |