A visit to the Silver 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 Silver Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Silver Cemetery:
36.2099, -77.8928
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Silver Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Silver Cemetery is located in Halifax County<2>.
The county seat for Halifax County is located in Halifax. Halifax lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Silver Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Silver Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Silver Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lynch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Lynch Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Cemetery
- Wiggins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Wiggins Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins Cemetery
- Lynch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Lynch Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Cemetery
- Avent Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Avent Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avent Cemetery
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Ward Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Adcock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Adcock Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Cemetery
- Kennedy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Cemetery
- Saunders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Saunders Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders Cemetery
- Ricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Ricks Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Dozier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Dozier Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dozier Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47256 <5>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Harper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Harper Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Cemetery
- Gay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Gay Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Cemetery
- Ricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Ricks Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Dozier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Dozier Cemetery is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier Cemetery
- Gaskins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Gaskins Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Silver Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Silver Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- White Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ringwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Hollister
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aventon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Brinkleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Hilliardston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Hickory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arcola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Heathsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Airlie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Taylors Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Gold Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Taylor Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Dukes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Red Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Castalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Drake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Whitakers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Matthews Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Dortches
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Battleboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Lancaster Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Silver Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Halifax County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Silver Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Battleboro
- Enfield
- Whitakers
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 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 Silver Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Halifax 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 Silver Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #994809 (Silver Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #994809 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: Halifax
- Est. Elev: 66 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Essex
- Location given for Silver Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2098736 Lon: -77.8927605
- 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 Halifax, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Silver 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. |