A visit to the Newsom Cemetery ...
The location of the Newsom Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<1>
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Newsom Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Newsom Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Newsom Cemetery
Lat: 35.5465° (35° 32' 47")
Lon: -80.1639° (-80° 9' 50")
The Newsom Cemetery is located in Davidson County<2>.
The county seat for Davidson County is located in Lexington. Lexington lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Newsom Cemetery .
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 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 Newsom Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Davidson County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Newsom Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Newsom Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Handy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Morgan Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Complex
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Pooletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pooletown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Richfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Richfield is located in Stanly County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richfield <4>
- New London
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blaine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Denton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Denton is located in Davidson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,700 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denton <4>
- Misenheimer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Misenheimer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Palmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Gold Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gold Hill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gold Hill <4>
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Badin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badin
- Badin is located in Stanly County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,934 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Badin <4>
- Southmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southmont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Craven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Silver Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Ophir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ophir have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Eleazer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Cedar Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Plyer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plyer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Albemarle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Silver Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Rockwell
(13 miles [20.9 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 Newsom Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Davidson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Newsom Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albemarle
- Badin
- Badin lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Newsom Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Badin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badin
- Denton
- Richfield
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Newsom Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Newsom Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lanes Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lanes Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lanes Chapel Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lanes Chapel Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morgan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan Cemetery
- Owens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Owens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owens Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Cemetery
- Salem UCC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem UCC Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- The Salem UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem UCC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2379940 <6>
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gold Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Gold Hill Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gold Hill Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
- Cedar Springs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Cedar Springs Cemetery is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Springs Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
- Workman Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Workman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Workman Cemetery is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Workman Cemetery
- Zoar Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zoar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Zoar Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zoar Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Fairview Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Fairview Memorial Park is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Memorial Park
- Stanly Gardens Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanly Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Stanly Gardens Cemetery is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanly Gardens Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prospect Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prospect Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Poplin Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poplin Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Poplin Grove Cemetery is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplin Grove Cemetery
- Becks Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Becks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Becks Cemetery is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Becks Cemetery
- New Jersey Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Jersey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The New Jersey Cemetery is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Jersey Cemetery
- Jersey Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jersey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Jersey Cemetery is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jersey Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Christiana Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christiana Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Christiana Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christiana Cemetery
- Bethesda Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethesda Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bethesda Cemetery is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethesda Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
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 Newsom Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1018009 (Newsom Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1018009 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: High Rock
- County: Davidson Elev: 200
- Location given for GNIS #1018009 (Newsom Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Davidson County: www.co.davidson.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 Davidson, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Newsom Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5465, Longitude: -80.1639 In this case, the coordinates for the Newsom Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<5> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<6> | 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. |