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 ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
35.7360, -78.4839
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Wake County<2>.
The county seat for Wake County is located in Raleigh. Raleigh lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Doub Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Doub Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doub Cemetery
- Bagwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Bagwell Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagwell Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- McCullers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The McCullers Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers Cemetery
- Horne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Horne Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horne Cemetery
- Gay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gay Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Cemetery
- Wall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
- Wale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wale Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wale Cemetery
- Carolina Biblical Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Carolina Biblical Gardens is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Biblical Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carolina Biblical Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Raleigh.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47051 <5>
- Hilliard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hilliard Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Good Samaritan Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Sasser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Sasser Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sasser Cemetery
- Hinton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Hinton Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton Cemetery
- Wall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
- Mitchiner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Mitchiner Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchiner Cemetery
- Stephenson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Stephenson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson Cemetery
- Wodd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Wodd Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wodd 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 Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Shotwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Emerald Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Knightdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Auburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Eagle Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Clayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Archer Lodge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Garner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wendell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Skycrest Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Timberlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Hopedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hertford Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hertford Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertford Village
- Brentwood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Village
- Raleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Millbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Fairmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fairmont is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Neuse Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Zebulon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- McCullers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCullers is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
- Willow Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Wilson's Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Neuse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rolesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Woodbury Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- Method
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
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. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wake 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Wake 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 #994950 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #994950 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: Wake
- Est. Elev: 72 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clayton
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.7359854 Lon: -78.4838902
- 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 Wake, 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 from Point A (ie- Smith 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. |