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A visit to the Sands 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 Sands Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sands Cemetery (FG ID #2302589)

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 Sands Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   36.2371°   (36° 14' 13")

Lon:   -81.6518°   (-81° 39' 6")

The Sands Cemetery is located in Watauga County<2>.

The county seat for Watauga County is located in Boone. Boone lies just to the south southwest of the Sands Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Sands Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Brown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brown Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Miller Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Miller Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Barnes Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Barnes Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Mt. Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Lawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Lawn Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Edmisten Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edmisten Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edmisten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Edmisten Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Vannoy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Horton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Horton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Horton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Horton Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Gragg Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gragg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gragg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gragg Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Greene Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greene Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greene Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Greene Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Hodges Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hodges Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hodges Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hodges Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Hayes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hayes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hayes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hayes Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Winkler Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winkler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winkler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Winkler Cemetery is located in Watauga County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Hartley Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hartley Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Edmisten Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edmisten Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edmisten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Edmisten Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Old Hopewell Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Hopewell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Hopewell Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Gragg Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gragg Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gragg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gragg Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Williams Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Pitts Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pitts Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pitts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pitts Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Cool Springs Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cool Springs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cool Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cool Springs Cemetery is located in Watauga County
    • Cook Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cook Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cook Cemetery is located in Watauga County

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 Sands Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sands 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 Sands Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Watauga County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sands 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 helpful 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 Sands 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 Sands Cemetery:

The official website for Watauga County: www.wataugacounty.org/

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 Watauga, 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' (or point-to-point) 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 Sands Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2371, Longitude: -81.6518    
<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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