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A visit to the Roland 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 Roland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Roland Cemetery (FG ID #2407158)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Roland Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Roland Cemetery

Lat:   35.8363°   (35° 50' 10")

Lon:   -82.3181°   (-82° 19' 5")

The Roland Cemetery is located in Yancey County<2>.

The county seat for Yancey County is located in Burnsville. Burnsville lies just to the north of the Roland Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Roland Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Roland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Ray Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ray Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ray Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Allen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Allen Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Laurel Branch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Wheeler Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Burleson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burleson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burleson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Burleson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Penland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Penland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Penland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Penland Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Arwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Arwood Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Dellinger Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dellinger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dellinger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dellinger Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Scott Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Scott Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Ledford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ledford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ledford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ledford Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Banks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Banks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Banks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Banks Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Allen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Allen Cemetery is located in Yancey County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Robinson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Robinson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Maney Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maney Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Maney Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Edney Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edney Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Edney Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Whittington Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whittington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whittington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Whittington Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Shepard Family Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Victory Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Simmons Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Simmons Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Westall Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westall Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Westall Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Gibbs Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibbs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gibbs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gibbs Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Carroway Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carroway Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carroway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Carroway Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Gibbs Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibbs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gibbs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gibbs Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Edge Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edge Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Edge Cemetery is located in Yancey County
    • Silver Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Silver Cemetery is located in Yancey County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Roland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Roland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Murchison
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Pensacola
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Low Gap
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Concord
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Concord is located in Yancey County
  • Burnsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hamrick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Celo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Rockview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockview have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
    • Rockview is located in Buncombe County
  • Micaville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Micaville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
    • Micaville is located in Yancey County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Micaville <7>
  • Barnardsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnardsville
    • Barnardsville is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnardsville <7>
  • Newdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Higgins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Higgins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
    • Higgins is located in Yancey County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Higgins
    • From the Roland Cemetery to Higgins
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Day Book
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Day Book. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book
      • Day Book is located in Yancey County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Day Book
      • From the Roland Cemetery to Day Book
    • Bethel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
      • Bethel is located in Madison County
    • Democrat
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Double Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ramseytown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Green Mountain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ivy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Sioux
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Beech
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beech. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
      • Beech is located in Buncombe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Beech
      • From the Roland Cemetery to Beech
    • Walkertown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkertown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
      • Walkertown is located in Buncombe County
    • Little Switzerland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Switzerland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Switzerland
      • Little Switzerland is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Switzerland <7>
    • Mars Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Flat Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Montreat
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montreat have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreat
      • Montreat is located in Buncombe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montreat <7>
    • Dendron
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dendron have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
      • Dendron is located in McDowell County
    • Penland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penland
      • Penland is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penland <7>
    • Red Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
      • Red Hill is located in Mitchell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Red Hill
      • From the Roland Cemetery to Red Hill
    • Tipton Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Relief
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Relief. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
      • Relief is located in Mitchell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Relief
      • From the Roland Cemetery to Relief

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 Roland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yancey County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Roland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Roland Cemetery:

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 Roland Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1015073  (Roland Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1015073 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Burnsville
    • County: Yancey         Elev: 814
    • Location given for GNIS #1015073 (Roland Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2407158

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

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 Yancey, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Roland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8363, Longitude: -82.3181    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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