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A visit to the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery ...


The location of the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- 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 Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery

Lat:   35.0574°   (35° 3' 26")

Lon:   -77.7650°   (-77° 45' 54")

The Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery is located in Duplin County<2>.

The county seat for Duplin County is located in Kenansville. Kenansville lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to North Carolina:
  • Pages specific to Duplin County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Resaca
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
      • Resaca is located in Duplin County
    • Pink Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pink Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Hill
      • Pink Hill is located in Lenoir County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pink Hill <4>
    • Leon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Duplin County
    • Kornegay
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kornegay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornegay
      • Kornegay is located in Duplin County
    • Albertson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
      • Albertson is located in Duplin County
    • Pleasant Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
    • Cabin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cabin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin
      • Cabin is located in Duplin County
    • Potters Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potters Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
      • Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
    • Deep Run
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
      • Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
    • Sarecta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sarecta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarecta
      • Sarecta is located in Duplin County
    • Petersburg Crossing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Crossing
      • Petersburg Crossing is located in Duplin County
    • Gradys Crossroads
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gradys Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
      • Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
    • Continue List   (13 more) ...
      • Outlaws Bridge
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Outlaws Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
        • Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
      • Herrings Crossroads
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herrings Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
        • Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Hargetts Crossroads
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hargetts Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
        • Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
      • Scotts Store
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotts Store have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
        • Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
      • Red Hill
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
        • Red Hill is located in Duplin County
      • Beulaville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Hill
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
      • Drummersville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drummersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
        • Drummersville is located in Duplin County
      • Blizzards Crossroads
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blizzards Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
        • Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Hadley
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hadley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
        • Hadley is located in Duplin County
      • Taylors Corner
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylors Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
        • Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
      • Hills Crossroads
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
        • Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Westbrook Crossroads
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westbrook Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Crossroads
        • Westbrook Crossroads is located in Duplin County

    For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Harper - Southerland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Gradys Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gradys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gradys Cemetery is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gradys Cemetery
    • Stroud Family Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Westbrook Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westbrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Westbrook Cemetery is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westbrook Cemetery
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Taylor Cemetery is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
    • Howard Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Howard Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
      • The Howard Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Lonnie Howard Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2440741 <6>
    • Humphrey - Harper Family Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • George W. Rouse Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Powell Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • John Henderson Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The John Henderson Family Cemetery is located in Duplin County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the John Henderson Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Beulaville.
      • The John Henderson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Henderson Family Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Henderson Family Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484813 <6>
    • Ben Hines Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Isaac Hines / Liddell Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Wilson Family Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Wiley Rouse Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • East Duplin Memorial Gardens
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Duplin Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The East Duplin Memorial Gardens is located in Duplin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Duplin Memorial Gardens
      • Smith Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Smith Cemetery is located in Duplin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • George W. Holland Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Council F. Jarman Family Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine View Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Pine View Cemetery is located in Wayne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine View Cemetery
      • Routledge Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Routledge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Routledge Cemetery is located in Duplin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Routledge Cemetery
      • Alexander Rouse Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

    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 Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1004264  (Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1004264 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: Albertson
      • County: Duplin         Elev: 38
      • Location given for GNIS #1004264 (Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery)

    The official website for Duplin County: www.duplincounty.org/

    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 Duplin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0574, Longitude: -77.7650       In this case, the coordinates for the Oak Ridge Memorial 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.









 

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