A visit to the Owens 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 Owens Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Owens Cemetery:
34.4435, -78.8022
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Owens Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Owens Cemetery is located in Columbus County<2>.
The county seat for Columbus County is located in Whiteville. Whiteville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Owens Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Owens Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Owens Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Owens Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Callihan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Callihan Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callihan Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Meadow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Meadow Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Browns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Browns Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Cemetery
- Brandh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Brandh Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandh Cemetery
- Porters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Porters Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Cemetery
- Benevolent Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Benevolent Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevolent Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Marley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Ed Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Ed Lewis Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ed Lewis Cemetery
- The Ed Lewis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lewis Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2452126 <5>
- Roanoke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Roanoke Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke Cemetery
- Bladenboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bladenboro Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladenboro Cemetery
- Pine Crest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Pine Crest Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Cemetery
- Bullard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Bullard Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullard Cemetery
- Pone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Pone Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pone Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pone Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Abbottsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146092 <5>
- Hines Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hines Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines Cemetery
- Singletary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Singletary Cemetery is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singletary Cemetery
- Chadbourn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Chadbourn Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadbourn Cemetery
- Whiteville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Whiteville Cemetery is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Owens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Owens Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Olive
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Evergreen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Abbottsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Bladenboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Williamson Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chadbourn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Butters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Butters is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- Clarkton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Boardman is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Grist
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grist is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grist
- Whiteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cerro Gordo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Rico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rico is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Orrum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Cedar Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Brunswick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Proctorville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Proctorville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Redbug
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redbug is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
- Hallsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
- Barnesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Rosindale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Dublin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
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 Owens Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Columbus County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Owens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chadbourn
- Clarkton
- Elizabethtown
- Lumberton
- Whiteville
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 Owens Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Columbus 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 Owens Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1026245 (Owens Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1026245 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: Columbus
- Est. Elev: 36 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Chadbourn NE
- Location given for Owens Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.443502 Lon: -78.8022435
- 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 Columbus, 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 from Point A (ie- Owens 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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