A visit to the Rains Family Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Rains Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rains Family Cemetery (FG ID #2543243).
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 Rains Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rains Family Cemetery:
35.6130, -78.3016
The Rains Family Cemetery is located in Johnston County<2>.
The county seat for Johnston County is located in Smithfield. Smithfield lies just to the south southwest of the Rains Family Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Rains Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rains Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Henry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Henry Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Cemetery
- Vause Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Broadwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Broadwell Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell Cemetery
- Eason Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Eason Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eason Cemetery
- Vinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Vinson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Cemetery
- Batten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Batten Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batten Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Eason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Whitley Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley Cemetery
- O'Neal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The O'Neal Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal Cemetery
- Batten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Batten Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batten Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Price Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Vinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Vinson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Cemetery
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Batten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Batten Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batten Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Lassiter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lassiter Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassiter Cemetery
- Eason Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Eason Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eason Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cattail Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Cattail Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattail Cemetery
- Wheeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rains Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rains Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wilson's Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Selma
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- West Smithfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Fairfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Micro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Stancils Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Archer Lodge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smithfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beulahtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kenly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shotwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wendell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Willow Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Four Oaks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Zebulon
(14 miles [22.5 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 Rains Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rains Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clayton
- Four Oaks
- Kenly
- Princeton
- Selma
- Smithfield
- Zebulon
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 Rains Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Johnston 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 Rains Family Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2543243
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Johnston, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rains Family 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |