A visit to the Piny Grove 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 Piny Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Piny Grove Cemetery:
36.1932, -81.7201
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Piny Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Piny Grove Cemetery is located in Watauga County<2>.
The county seat for Watauga County is located in Boone. Boone lies just to the northeast of the Piny Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Piny Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Piny Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Piny Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The White Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Pitts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Pitts Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts Cemetery
- Danner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Danner Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danner Cemetery
- Mast Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mast Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mast Cemetery
- Shull Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Shull Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shull Cemetery
- Shull Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Shull Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shull Cemetery
- Coffey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Coffey Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey Cemetery
- Cool Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cool Springs Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs Cemetery
- Winkler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Winkler Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler Cemetery
- Hayes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Gragg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Gragg Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gragg Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hollars Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hollars Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollars Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Foscoe Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Foscoe Community Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foscoe Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Foscoe Community Cemetery is located in Foscoe.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176239 <5>
- Calloway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Calloway Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Cemetery
- Baldwin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Baldwin Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- Cone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cone Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Cemetery
- Frye Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Frye Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Cemetery
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Boone.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188865 <5>
- Edmisten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Edmisten Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmisten Cemetery
- Hartley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hartley Cemetery is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Cemetery
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 Piny Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Piny Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Shulls Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shulls Mill is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shulls Mill
- Boone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Foscoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valle Crucis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blowing Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vilas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Devils
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sands
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sands is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Matney
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Matney is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Bamboo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bamboo is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Norris ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norris is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rutherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rutherwood is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherwood
- Moretz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moretz is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretz
- Rominger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rominger is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger
- Banner Elk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls
- Sugar Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Grandfather
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grandfather is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfather
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Mabel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Zionville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beech Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Laxon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Deep Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brownwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brownwood is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Todd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Piny Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Watauga County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Piny Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Banner Elk
- Blowing Rock
- Boone
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 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 Piny Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Watauga 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 Piny Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1014480 (Piny Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1014480 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: Watauga
- Est. Elev: 1121 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Boone
- Location given for Piny Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.193184 Lon: -81.7201082
- 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 Watauga, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Piny Grove 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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