A visit to the Penny 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 Penny Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Penny Cemetery:
35.6077, -78.5995
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Penny Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Penny Cemetery is located in Wake County<2>.
The county seat for Wake County is located in Raleigh. Raleigh lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north of the Penny Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Penny Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Penny Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Leech Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Leech Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leech Cemetery
- St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
- The St. Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Amanda Missionary Baptist (MB) Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2465370 <5>
- Sauls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sauls Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauls Cemetery
- Rand Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Rand Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand Cemetery
- Walton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Walton Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The King Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Mitchiner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mitchiner Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchiner Cemetery
- Rand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Rand Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Coats Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Coats Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Cemetery
- Good Samaritan Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Parrish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Parrish Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish Cemetery
- Ennis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Ennis Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis Cemetery
- Stevenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
- Nimrod - Stephenson Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Stephens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Stephens Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Cemetery
- Willow Spring Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
- Honeycutt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Honeycutt Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycutt Cemetery
- McGee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The McGee Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Cemetery
- Coats Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Coats Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Cemetery
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
- Poole Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Poole Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole 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 Penny Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Penny Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Willow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Hopedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- McCullers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCullers is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
- Macks Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Macks Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
- Garner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Emerald Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Kennebec
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kennebec is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
- Angier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hertford Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hertford Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertford Village
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Barclaysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Fuquay - Varina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Raleigh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shotwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Rawls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Chalybeate Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Fairmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairmont is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Method
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Wilson's Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Archer Lodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Timberlake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Timberlake is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Holly Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wilbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wilbon is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbon
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 Penny Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wake County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Penny Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Penny Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Wake 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 Penny Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #992035 (Penny Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #992035 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: Wake
- Est. Elev: 102 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Edmondson
- Location given for Penny Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6076567 Lon: -78.5994514
- 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 Wake, 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- Penny 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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