A visit to the Rocky Ford 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 Rocky Ford Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rocky Ford Cemetery:
36.4162, -80.8520
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rocky Ford Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rocky Ford Cemetery is located in Surry County<2>.
The county seat for Surry County is located in Dobson. Dobson lies just to the east southeast of the Rocky Ford Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rocky Ford Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Rocky Ford Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rocky Ford Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Mountain Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mountain Park Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mountain Park.
- The Mountain Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain Park Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197374 <5>
- Salem Fork Christian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Zephyr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Zephyr Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr Cemetery
- Salem Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Salem Fork Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Fork Cemetery
- State Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The State Road Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Road Cemetery
- Flattop Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Flattop Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flattop Cemetery
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Roaring Gap Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Gap Cemetery
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Roaring Gap Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Gap Cemetery
- Center Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Center Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Baptist Church Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188828 <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Mulberry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Mulberry Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Cemetery
- Bessies Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Snow Hill Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Fishers Gap Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Fishers Gap Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Gap Cemetery
- Saddle Mtn. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Saddle Mtn. Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Mtn. Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- Union Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cross Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross Cemetery
- Dobson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Dobson Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson 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 Rocky Ford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rocky Ford Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mountain Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Zephyr
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Devotion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Thurmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- State Road
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mulberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Dobson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Round Peak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Low Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roaring Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elkin Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Red Brush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Low Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Elkin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Traphill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lomax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Edmonds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Hooker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jonesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stony Knoll
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Copeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Black Water
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- White Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Lambsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ennice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Rocky Ford Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Surry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rocky Ford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Rocky Ford Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Surry 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 Rocky Ford Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1731649 (Rocky Ford Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1731649 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: Surry
- Est. Elev: 398 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bottom
- Location given for Rocky Ford Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4162434 Lon: -80.8520167
- 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 Surry, 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- Rocky Ford 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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