A visit to the Rutherford County Memorial 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 Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery (FG ID #1993603).
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 Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery:
35.2463, -81.8437
The Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery is located in Rutherford County<2>.
The county seat for Rutherford County is located in Rutherfordton. Rutherfordton lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery .
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Establishment of the Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery ...
The Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery was established in 1951.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harris Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wesley Chapel Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Calvary Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Providence UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trout Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Morrow Curve Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tanners Grove United Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Sulphur Springs Holiness Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scruggs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cliffside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- M & T Ministries Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thorne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Thorne Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorne Cemetery
- Robbins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Robbins Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Cemetery
- Byars Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Byars Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byars Cemetery
- State Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The State Line Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Cemetery
- Watkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Morrow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Harris
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Henrietta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sandy Mush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Caroleen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Alexander Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Cliffside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Six Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
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- Shiloh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Chesnee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ellenboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Bakersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bostic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boiling Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spindale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Washburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rutherfordton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Lattimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
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 Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rutherford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chesnee
- Forest City
- Rutherfordton
- Spindale
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 Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Rutherford 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 Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1993603
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 Rutherford, 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- Rutherford County Memorial 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. |