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A visit to the Sunset Memorial Park ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Sunset Memorial Park ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Park can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sunset Memorial Park

Lat:   35.5993°   (35° 35' 57")

Lon:   -77.6405°   (-77° 38' 25")

The Sunset Memorial Park is located in Pitt County<2>.

The county seat for Pitt County is located in Greenville. Greenville lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east of the Sunset Memorial Park .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Sunset Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sunset Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
    • The J. W. Allen Family Cemetery is located in Pitt County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the J. W. Allen Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Farmville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2420542 <5>
  • Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crestlawn Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Crestlawn Memorial Gardens is located in Pitt County
  • Hollywood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollywood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollywood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hollywood Cemetery is located in Pitt County
  • Forest Hills Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Forest Hills Cemetery is located in Pitt County
  • Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Memorial Cemetery is located in Pitt County
  • Free Union Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eason Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eason Family Cemetery
    • The Eason Family Cemetery is located in Greene County
  • Maury Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maury Cemetery
    • The Maury Cemetery is located in Greene County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Maury Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Maury.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386125 <5>
  • Varnell Family Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Varnell Family Cemetery
    • The Varnell Family Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Varnell Family Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Macclesfield.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152549 <5>
  • Snow Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snow Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snow Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Snow Hill Cemetery is located in Greene County
  • Edmondson Family Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pineview Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pineview Cemetery
    • The Pineview Cemetery is located in Edgecombe County
    • The Pineview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pinetops Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2223640 <5>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Eureka Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eureka Cemetery
      • The Eureka Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Rainbow Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rainbow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rainbow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rainbow Cemetery is located in Greene County
    • Artis Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Artis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Artis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Artis Cemetery is located in Greene County
    • Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery
      • The Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery is located in Pitt County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Winterville.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388288 <5>
    • Toisnot Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toisnot Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toisnot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Toisnot Cemetery is located in Wilson County
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jackson Cemetery is located in Pitt County
    • Brownhill Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brownhill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brownhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brownhill Cemetery is located in Pitt County
    • Gleenwood Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gleenwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gleenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gleenwood Cemetery is located in Pitt County

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 Sunset Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sunset Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Fieldsboro
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fieldsboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
    • Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
  • Farmville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
    • Farmville is located in Pitt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
  • Walstonburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
    • Walstonburg is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
  • Fountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
    • Fountain is located in Pitt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <7>
  • Speights Bridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Speights Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
    • Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
  • Maury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
    • Maury is located in Greene County
  • Sharp Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharp Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
    • Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
  • Cobb Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobb Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
    • Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
  • Saratoga
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
    • Saratoga is located in Wilson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
  • Falkland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falkland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
    • Falkland is located in Pitt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Snow Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Snow Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Snow Hill is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,483 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snow Hill <7>
  • Stantonsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Macclesfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Renston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Renston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
      • Renston is located in Pitt County
    • Hookerton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hookerton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookerton
      • Hookerton is located in Greene County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hookerton <7>
    • Rountree
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
      • Rountree is located in Pitt County
    • Red Oak
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
      • Red Oak is located in Pitt County
    • Eureka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Wayne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
    • Summerfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
      • Summerfield is located in Pitt County
    • Pinetops
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Glenfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
      • Glenfield is located in Greene County
    • Winterville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Greenville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
      • Greenville is located in Pitt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,779 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <7>
    • Eastwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
      • Eastwood is located in Wilson County
    • Ayden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ayden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayden
      • Ayden is located in Pitt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,159 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ayden <7>
    • Ripple City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ripple City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
      • Ripple City is located in Pitt County
    • House
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
      • House is located in Pitt County

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 Sunset Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pitt County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sunset Memorial Park.

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 Sunset Memorial Park:

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 Sunset Memorial Park:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1003659  (Sunset Memorial Park)
    • Note: GNIS record #1003659 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Walstonburg
    • County: Pitt         Elev: 26
    • Location given for GNIS #1003659 (Sunset Memorial Park)

The official website for Pitt County: www.co.pitt.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

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 Pitt, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Sunset Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5993, Longitude: -77.6405       In this case, the coordinates for the Sunset Memorial Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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