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A visit to the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery ...

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)<1>

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 .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery.<4>

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gradys Cemetery
    • 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
  • Stroud Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Westbrook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westbrook Cemetery
    • 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
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
    • 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
  • Howard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
    • The Howard Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
    • The Howard Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lonnie Howard Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2440741 <5>
  • Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery
    • The Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Deep Run.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2543485 <5>
  • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Powell Family Cemetery
    • The Powell Family Cemetery is located in Duplin County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Powell Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Albertson.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2649572 <5>
  • John Henderson Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Henderson Family Cemetery
    • 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484813 <5>
  • Ben Hines Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Arnett - Thompson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnett - Thompson Cemetery
      • The Arnett - Thompson Cemetery is located in Duplin County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arnett - Thompson Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Albertson.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2184834 <5>
    • Hardy Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardy Family Cemetery
      • The Hardy Family Cemetery is located in Duplin County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hardy Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Albertson.
      • The Hardy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Adolphus Hardy Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279877 <5>
    • Isaac Hines / Liddell Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Wilson Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Family Cemetery
      • The Wilson Family Cemetery is located in Duplin County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilson Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Beulaville.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484802 <5>
    • Wiley Rouse Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wiley Rouse Cemetery
      • The Wiley Rouse Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
    • East Duplin Memorial Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Duplin Memorial Gardens
      • 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
    • Smith Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • 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
    • 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)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

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 <6>
  • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kornegay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cabin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • 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)
    • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sarecta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gradys Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Outlaws Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Herrings Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hargetts Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Scotts Store. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleasant Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Drummersville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Taylors Corner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hills Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westbrook Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • 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.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery:

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 '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- ) 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 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.
<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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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