A visit to the Taft Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Taft Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Taft Cemetery (FG ID #2665881).
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 Taft Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Taft Cemetery:
35.5849, -77.2705
The Taft Cemetery is located in Pitt County<2>.
The county seat for Pitt County is located in Greenville. Greenville lies just to the west northwest of the Taft Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Taft Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Taft Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Taft Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Homestead Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- William H. Edwards Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gleenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Gleenwood Cemetery is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleenwood Cemetery
- Brownhill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Brownhill Cemetery is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownhill Cemetery
- Grimes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Grimes Cemetery is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Cemetery
- Thomas H. Langley Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Wesley Cemetery is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Whitehurst Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Cherry Run Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rogers Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Henry W. Martin Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Samuel Moore Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Joseph F. Moore Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Oakdale Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Taft Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Taft Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Simpson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Bells Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grimesland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grimesland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Pactolus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Ripple City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Winterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whichard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Red Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Shelmerdine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stokes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stokes is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Chocowinity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Renston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ayden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Calico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Congleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whitehurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Taft Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pitt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Taft Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ayden
- Greenville
- Washington
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Taft Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Pitt 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 Taft Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2665881
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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' (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- Taft 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |