A visit to the Shiloh 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 Shiloh Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shiloh Cemetery:
35.1693, -81.4326
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Cleveland County<2>.
The county seat for Cleveland County is located in Shelby. Shelby lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Shiloh Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Shiloh Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Shiloh Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shiloh Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Grover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Grover Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grover Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Grover.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47568 <5>
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Deal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Deal Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Cemetery
- Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Long Branch Baptist Cemetery
- Long Branch Church Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Howser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Howser Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howser Cemetery
- Christian Freedom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Clingham Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Etters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Etters Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etters Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Gordon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gordon Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Kings Mtn. Battleground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Archibald Graham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dye Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Dye Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye Cemetery
- Goode Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Goode Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode Cemetery
- Camp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Camp Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cemetery
- Mullinax Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mullinax Cemetery is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullinax Cemetery
- El Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Shiloh Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shiloh Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Grover
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- White Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Blacksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Earl
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Kings Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Patterson Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Kings Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Light Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Smyrna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Elizabeth City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Stony Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Brittain Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Briarwood Townhouses
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Shelby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Village Square Townhouses
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Stubbs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Bessemer City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Gaffney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Hickory Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bowling Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Perry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Dover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
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 Shiloh 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 Shiloh Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bessemer City
- Blacksburg
- Clover
- Kings Mountain
- Shelby
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 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 Shiloh 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 Shiloh Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1967308 (Shiloh Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1967308 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: 256 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Grover
- Location given for Shiloh Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.1692983 Lon: -81.4325867
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shiloh 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |