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:
35.9515, -82.1840
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 Mitchell County<2>.
The county seat for Mitchell County is located in Bakersville. Bakersville lies just to the north northeast of the Silver Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Silver Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 34 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Silver Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Silver Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Young Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Gouge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Gouge Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouge Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Woody Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Woody Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hughes Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Double Island.
- Hughes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Wyatt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wyatt Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Will Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Will Young Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will Young Cemetery
- The Will Young Cemetery has also been known as:
- Young Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49106 <5>
- Edd Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Edd Young Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edd Young Cemetery
- The Edd Young Cemetery has also been known as:
- Young Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2409124 <5>
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Hughes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Boone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Boone Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Cemetery
- Conley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Conley Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley Cemetery
- Buchanan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Wilson Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilson Memorial Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilson Memorial Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Bakersville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2314334 <5>
- Bakersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bakersville Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Woody Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riddle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Riddle Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Silver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Silver Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Cemetery
- Edge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Edge Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge Cemetery
- Hensley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Hensley Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Ledford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Ledford Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford Cemetery
- Buchanan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Penland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Penland Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 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:
- Double Island
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Double Island is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island
- Newdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Newdale is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Micaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Penland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bakersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Red Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Green Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Celo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Celo is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celo
- Day Book
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Day Book is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book
- Herrell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Herrell is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell
- Spruce Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek
- Tipton Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill
- Low Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Little Switzerland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Creek is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Relief
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Relief is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Pensacola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pensacola is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Hamrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hamrick is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
- Huntdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntdale is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale
- Altapass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altapass is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altapass
- Buladean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Buladean is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean
- Bailey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Sioux
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sioux is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
- Ramseytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ramseytown is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown
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 Mitchell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Silver Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bakersville
- Burnsville
- Spruce Pine
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 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 Mitchell 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 #1015518 (Silver Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1015518 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: Mitchell
- Est. Elev: 795 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Micaville
- Location given for Silver Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9515062 Lon: -82.1840125
- 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 Mitchell, 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 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. |
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