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A visit to the Owens Family Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Owens Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Owens Family Cemetery (FG ID #2485226)

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 Owens Family Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Owens Family Cemetery

Lat:   36.4737°   (36° 28' 25")

Lon:   -81.6821°   (-81° 40' 55")

The Owens Family Cemetery is located in Ashe County<2>.

The county seat for Ashe County is located in Jefferson. Jefferson lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Owens Family Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Owens Family Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Owens Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Ham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ham Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Payne Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Payne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Payne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Payne Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brown Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Osborne Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Osborne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Osborne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Osborne Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Farmer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Farmer Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Woodard Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Woodard Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Graybeal Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graybeal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graybeal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Graybeal Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Parmer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Parmer Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Big Laurel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Laurel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Laurel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Big Laurel Cemetery is located in Ashe County
  • Brack Osborne Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Allen Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Allen Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Hammon Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hammon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hammon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hammon Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Payne Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Payne Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Payne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Payne Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Dunn Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dunn Cemetery is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Forrester Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jones Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jones Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Roark Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roark Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Roark Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Allen Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Allen Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Humphrey Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Humphrey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Humphrey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Humphrey Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Johnson Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Nelson Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nelson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nelson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Nelson Cemetery is located in Ashe County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Nelson Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Creston.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48198 <1>
    • Pennington Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pennington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pennington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pennington Cemetery is located in Ashe County
    • Cox Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cox Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cox Cemetery is located in Ashe County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Owens Family Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Owens Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ashe County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Owens Family Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Family 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 Owens Family Cemetery:

The official website for Ashe County: www.ashecountygov.com/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Ashe, 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 Owens Family Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4737, Longitude: -81.6821    
<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 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.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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