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A visit to the Saint Marys Episcopal Church 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 Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery (FG ID #2304559)

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 Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery

Lat:   35.7608°   (35° 45' 38")

Lon:   -81.7198°   (-81° 43' 11")

The cemetery is located in Burke County<3>.

As an estimate, the Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Morganton.

The county seat for Burke County is located in Morganton. Morganton lies just to the southeast of the Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Calvin
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Morganton
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morganton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
    • Morganton is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,625 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morganton <7>
  • Magnolia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Magnolia is located in Burke County
  • Glen Alpine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Alpine have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alpine
    • Glen Alpine is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Alpine <7>
  • Salem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Salem is located in Burke County
  • Chesterfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Parkhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Yellow Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Drexel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drexel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel
    • Drexel is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
  • Rollins ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollins have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
    • Rollins is located in Burke County
  • Enola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Valdese
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valdese have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdese
    • Valdese is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valdese <7>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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 Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery. The following communities are located in Burke County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Morganton
  • Valdese
    • Valdese lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the East (E) of the Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Valdese.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdese

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 Saint Marys Episcopal Church 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 Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery:

The official website for Burke County: www.co.burke.nc.us/

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>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7608, Longitude: -81.7198    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Burke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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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