A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery ...
The Smith Cemetery is located in Avery County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Banner Cemetery
- The Banner Cemetery is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Cemetery
- Blackwell Cemetery
- The Blackwell Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Buck Cemetery
- The Buck Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Caraway Cemetery
- The Caraway Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Cook Cemetery
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Cook Cemetery
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Cordell Cemetery
- The Cordell Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Cranberry Cemetery
- The Cranberry Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Crawford Cemetery
- The Crawford Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Dugger Cemetery
- The Dugger Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Ellis Cemetery
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Fox Cemetery
- The Fox Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Harmon Cemetery
- The Harmon Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Holtsclaw Cemetery
- The Holtsclaw Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Isaacs Cemetery
- The Isaacs Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Jones Cemetery
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Laws Cemetery
- The Laws Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Lee Cemetery
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- McGuire Cemetery
- The McGuire Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Oaks Cemetery
- The Oaks Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Palmer Cemetery
- The Palmer Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Potts Cemetery
- The Potts Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Pritchard Cemetery
- The Pritchard Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Richardson Cemetery
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Smith Community Cemetery
- The Smith Community Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smith Community Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Banner Elk.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2475695 <3>
- Trivett Cemetery
- The Trivett Cemetery is located in Avery County
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- Winters Cemetery
- The Winters Cemetery is located in Avery County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Banner Elk
- Beech Mountain
- Burbank
- Burbank is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Chestnut Dale
- Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County
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- Crossnore
- Elk Park
- Foscoe
- Grandfather
- Grandfather is located in Avery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Heaton Creek
- Heaton Creek is located in Carter County (TN)
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- Linville
- Matney
- Matney is located in Watauga County
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- Minneapolis
- Minneapolis is located in Avery County
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- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Montezuma
- Montezuma is located in Avery County
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- Mount Gilead
- Mount Gilead is located in Avery County
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- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Avery County
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- Newland
- Pineola
- Plumtree
- Roan Mountain
- Rominger
- Rominger is located in Watauga County
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- Seven Devils
- Shulls Mill
- Shulls Mill is located in Watauga County
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- Sugar Grove
- Sugar Mountain
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Vale
- Vale is located in Avery County
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- Valle Crucis
- Vilas
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County
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- Whaley
- Whaley is located in Avery County
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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 Smith Cemetery. The following communities are located in Avery County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Avery 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1015609 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1015609 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: Avery
- Est. Elev: 979 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elk Park
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Avery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smith Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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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