A visit to the Powell 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 Powell Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Powell Cemetery:
36.0990, -77.8189
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Powell Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Powell Cemetery is located in Nash County<2>.
The county seat for Nash County is located in Nashville. Nashville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Powell Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Powell Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Powell Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Greene Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cemetery
- Manns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Manns Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Cemetery
- Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Greene Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cemetery
- Dozier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Dozier Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Dozier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Dozier Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dozier Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47256 <5>
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Braswell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Braswell Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell Cemetery
- Harper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Harper Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Hunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Kennedy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Cemetery
- Adcock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Adcock Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Hilliard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hilliard Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard Cemetery
- Vaughan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Vaughan Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan Cemetery
- Hilliard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hilliard Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Drake Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Ethridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Ethridge Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge 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 Powell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Powell Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gold Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Drake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Taylor Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Battleboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitakers
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Oak
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Dortches
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- White Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Hilliardston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Ringwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- North Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Aventon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Dukes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Gethsemane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Taylors Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Regency Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Regency Estates is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Estates
- Westry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Halifax Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Rocky Mount
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Enfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snells Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snells Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells Crossroads
- Matthews Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Corinth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Easonburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Hollister
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Brinkleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
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 Powell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Nash County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Powell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Battleboro
- Enfield
- Nashville
- Rocky Mount
- Whitakers
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 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 Powell Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Nash 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 Powell Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #992769 (Powell Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #992769 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: Nash
- Est. Elev: 43 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Drake
- Location given for Powell Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.0990416 Lon: -77.8188682
- 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 Nash, 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- Powell 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. |