A visit to the Open Door 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 Open Door Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Open Door Cemetery:
36.3137, -80.7628
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Open Door Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Open Door Cemetery is located in Surry County<2>.
The county seat for Surry County is located in Dobson. Dobson lies just to the north northeast of the Open Door Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Open Door Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Open Door Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Open Door Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Little Richmond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Snow Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Snow Hill Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill Cemetery
- Bessies Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mulberry Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Cemetery
- Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Union Cross Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Cemetery
- Salem Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Salem Fork Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Fork Cemetery
- Zephyr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Zephyr Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr Cemetery
- Stony Knoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Stony Knoll Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Salem Fork Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Grassy Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Grassy Creek Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek Cemetery
- Island Ford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Island Ford Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Ford Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Mountain Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mountain Park Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mountain Park.
- The Mountain Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain Park Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197374 <5>
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Boonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Boonville Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville Cemetery
- Boonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Boonville Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville Cemetery
- Double Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Double Creek Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Creek Cemetery
- Copeland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Copeland Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland Cemetery
- Dobson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Dobson Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson Cemetery
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 Open Door Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Open Door Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Fairview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Mulberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Stony Knoll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Zephyr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Elkin Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Elkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dobson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- State Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Copeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Mountain Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Rockford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Nebo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Rena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Pine Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Black Water
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Thurmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ronda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Union Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Siloam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- White Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Red Brush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Devotion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
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 Open Door Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Surry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Open Door Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boonville
- Elkin
- Jonesville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Open Door Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Surry 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 Open Door Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1731630 (Open Door Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1731630 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: Surry
- Est. Elev: 312 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elkin North
- Location given for Open Door Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.3137454 Lon: -80.7628458
- 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 Surry, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Open Door 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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