A visit to the Selma Memorial 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 Selma Memorial Cemetery ...
The Selma Memorial Cemetery is located in Johnston County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Barham Cemetery
- The Barham Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Batten Cemetery
- The Batten Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens
- Broadwell Cemetery
- The Broadwell Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Crocker Cemetery
- Eason Cemetery
- The Eason Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Grant Cemetery
- The Grant Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Henry Cemetery
- The Henry Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Hephzibah Church Cemetery
- Hills of Neuse Memorial Gardens
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Holloman Family Cemetery
- The Holloman Family Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holloman Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Pine Level.
- The Holloman Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- George B. Holloman Family Cemetery
- John D. Thomas Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Lassiter Cemetery
- The Lassiter Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Oakey Grove Cemetery
- The Oakey Grove Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Oakland Cemetery
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakland Heights Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48275 <2>
- Rains Family Cemetery
- Richardson Cemetery
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Riverside Cemetery
- Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery
- The Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Smithfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484826 <2>
- Sullivan Cemetery
- The Sullivan Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Thompson Cemetery
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Vause Cemetery
- The Vause Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Vinson Cemetery
- The Vinson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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- Vinson Cemetery
- The Vinson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
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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]<3> of the Selma Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Allens Crossroads
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
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- Archer Lodge
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Bentonville
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
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- Beulahtown
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
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- Clayton
- Fairfield
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
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- Four Oaks
- Kenly
- Micro
- Micro is located in Johnston County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Nahunta
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
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- Pine Level
- Princeton
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rains Crossroads
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
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- Raynor Town
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
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- Redwood Village
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
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- Selma
- Smithfield
- Stancils Chapel
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
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- West Smithfield
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
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- Willow Springs
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
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- Wilson's Mills
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
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 Selma Memorial Cemetery. The following communities are located in Johnston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Selma Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Benson
- Clayton
- Four Oaks
- Kenly
- Princeton
- Selma
- Smithfield
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Selma Memorial Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Johnston 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 Selma Memorial Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #994496 (Selma Memorial Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #994496 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: Johnston
- Est. Elev: 50 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Selma
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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- Selma Memorial Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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