A visit to the Peek 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 Peek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Peek Cemetery:
35.8393, -82.5865
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Peek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Peek Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Marshall. Marshall lies just to the west southwest of the Peek Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Peek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Peek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jesse Rice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Jesse Rice Cemetery is located in Madison County
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- Rice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Madison County
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- Ray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Ray Cemetery is located in Madison County
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- Buckner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Buckner Cemetery is located in Madison County
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- Ray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Ray Cemetery is located in Madison County
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- Shook Ramsey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Shook Ramsey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook Ramsey Cemetery
- The Shook Ramsey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ramsey Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208646 <5>
- Gosnell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Gosnell Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gosnell Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Petersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47491 <5>
- Sams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sams Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Cemetery
- Grapevine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Grapevine Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine Cemetery
- Thomason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Thomason Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomason Cemetery
- Ingle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Ingle Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingle Cemetery
- Laurel Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Jarvis Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Jarvis Brown Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis Brown Cemetery
- Ramsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Ramsey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Cemetery
- Arrington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Arrington Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington Cemetery
- Coates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Coates Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates Cemetery
- Capps Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Capps Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Capps Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Marshall.
- The Capps Cemetery has also been known as:
- Price Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47048 <5>
- Hunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mc Elroy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mc Elroy Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mc Elroy Cemetery
- Whitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Whitt Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Cemetery
- Runion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Runion Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runion Cemetery
- George Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The George Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the George Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Mars Hill.
- Harris Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- California Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sprinkle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sprinkle Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprinkle Cemetery
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 Peek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Peek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Petersburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Mars Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ivy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ivy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Rollins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Foster Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Foster Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Democrat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Barnardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Weaverville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rockview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockview is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Chapel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Alexander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stoney Knob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stoney Knob is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Knob
- Beech
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Cutshalltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cutshalltown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
- White Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock is located in Madison County
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- Hurricane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Stackhouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Allegheny
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allegheny is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Flag Pond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Woodfin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Allenstand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
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 Peek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Peek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Peek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Peek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #992005 (Peek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #992005 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 723 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mars Hill
- Location given for Peek Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8392749 Lon: -82.5865236
- 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 Madison, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Peek 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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