A visit to the Sandy Run Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Run Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sandy Run Cemetery:
35.2960, -81.6962
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sandy Run Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sandy Run Cemetery is located in Cleveland County<2>.
The county seat for Cleveland County is located in Shelby. Shelby lies just to the east of the Sandy Run Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sandy Run Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Sandy Run Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sandy Run Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dobbins Hawkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McBrayer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The McBrayer Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBrayer Cemetery
- Dobbins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Dobbins Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Cemetery
- Liberty Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Plain View Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Goode Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lattimore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Lattimore Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore Cemetery
- Beam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Beam Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beam Cemetery
- Boiling Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heaven Bound Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Heaven Bound Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaven Bound Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Heaven Bound Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friendship Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2379602 <5>
- Webb Baptist Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cleveland Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Beaver Dam Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Thomas Walker Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Caroleen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #471341 <5>
- Cliffside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scruggs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jolley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Jolley Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley Cemetery
- Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Boiling Springs.
- The Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Camps Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185977 <5>
- Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Sharon Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Cemetery
- Crowder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Crowder Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sandy Run Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sandy Run Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mooresboro
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Lattimore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Six Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Boiling Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellenboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caroleen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Cliffside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Henrietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Sharon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kingstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- New House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Brittain Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Campcall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Village Square Townhouses
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Polkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Polkville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Sandy Mush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Hollis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Briarwood Townhouses
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Washburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Bostic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alexander Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
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 Run Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cleveland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sandy Run Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Run Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Cleveland 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 Sandy Run Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2036417 (Sandy Run Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2036417 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Cleveland
- Est. Elev: 276 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Boiling Springs North
- Location given for Sandy Run Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.2959584 Lon: -81.6962084
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Cleveland, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy Run 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> | 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. |
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