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A visit to the Sanders Chapel United Methodist Church (UMC) 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 Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery (FG ID #2484826).

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 Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery:

35.4605, -78.2939

The Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Smithfield.

The cemetery is located in Johnston County<3>.

The county seat for Johnston County is located in Smithfield. Smithfield lies just to the northwest of the Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery, with the nearest first:

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 Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery. The following communities are located in Johnston County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Benson
    • Benson lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Benson.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
  • Clayton
  • Four Oaks
  • Kenly
    • Kenly lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the Northeast (NE) of the Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Kenly.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenly
  • Princeton
  • Selma
    • Selma lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the North (N) of the Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Selma.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
  • Smithfield

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 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 Sanders Chapel UMC 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 Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery:

Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2484826

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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.