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A visit to the Sandy Grove 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 Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery (FG ID #2349671).

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 Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery ...

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

34.9466, -79.0924

The Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery is located in Hoke County<2>.

The county seat for Hoke County is located in Raeford. Raeford lies just to the west northwest of the Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery.<4>

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

  • McGougan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The McGougan Cemetery is located in Hoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGougan Cemetery
  • Woods Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Wood Cemetery is located in Hoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Cemetery
  • Cobb Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Highland Biblical Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Collins Cemetery is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
  • Condly Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Condly Cemetery is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condly Cemetery
  • Nicholson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Nicholson Cemetery is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Cemetery
  • Community Rest Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ausley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Ausley Cemetery is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ausley Cemetery
  • Adcox Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • The Adcox Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcox Cemetery
  • Cumberland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Cumberland Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sandy Grove 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 Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hoke County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sandy Grove 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 Sandy Grove UMC Cemetery:

Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2349671

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 Hoke, 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- Sandy Grove UMC 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.