A visit to the Pope 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 Pope Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pope Cemetery:
36.1649, -77.6700
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pope Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pope Cemetery is located in Halifax County<2>.
The county seat for Halifax County is located in Halifax. Halifax lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Pope Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Pope Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pope Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Elmwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- Coefield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Coefield Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coefield Cemetery
- Old Bricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Bricks Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bricks Cemetery
- Pettitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Pettitt Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettitt Cemetery
- Pittman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Pittman Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Cemetery
- Battle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Battle Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Cemetery
- Temple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Temple Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Cemetery
- Tyler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Tyler Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler Cemetery
- Overstreet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Overstreet Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overstreet Cemetery
- Pittman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pittman Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Cemetery
- Bryant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bryant Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Cemetery
- Hardee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hardee Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardee Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Whitley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Whitley Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley Cemetery
- Knight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Knight Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Knight Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the west of Enfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47857 <5>
- Ethridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ethridge Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge Cemetery
- Carlyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Carlyle Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyle Cemetery
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Jerusalem Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Westray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Westray Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westray Cemetery
- Willey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Willey Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pope Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Enfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Taylor Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Whitakers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gethsemane
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Hickory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Heathsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Battleboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Gold Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ringwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- White Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Tillery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Drake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Roseneath
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Halifax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brinkleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Leggett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Dortches
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- North Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Lawrence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Scotland Neck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hilliardston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Red Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Aventon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Rocky Mount
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsease
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Braswells Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Airlie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Hollister
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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 Pope Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Halifax County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Battleboro
- Enfield
- Halifax
- Rocky Mount
- Scotland Neck
- Whitakers
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pope Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Halifax 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 Pope Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #992673 (Pope Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #992673 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: Halifax
- Est. Elev: 33 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Enfield
- Location given for Pope Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.1648755 Lon: -77.669975
- 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 Halifax, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pope 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |