A visit to the Union 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 Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Cemetery:
36.3824, -80.6284
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Union Cemetery is located in Surry County<2>.
The county seat for Surry County is located in Dobson. Dobson lies just to the west of the Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Union Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Blackwater UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Lawson & Sawyers Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lawson & Sawyers Family Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson & Sawyers Family Cemetery
- The Lawson & Sawyers Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawson Family Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- White Plains Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The White Plains Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains Cemetery
- White Plains Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The White Plains Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains Cemetery
- Dobson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Dobson Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Copeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Copeland Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland Cemetery
- Double Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Double Creek Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Creek Cemetery
- Anchor Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Anchor Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Anchor Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
- Blues Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Blues Grove Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blues Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Dobson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Dobson Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson Cemetery
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Cemetery
- Stony Knoll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stony Knoll Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll Cemetery
- Hogans Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bold Springs Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cox Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Mount Airy and Pilot Mountain. The cemetery lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Pilot Mountain.
- The Cox Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cox - Harrison Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2438894 <5>
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fulk & Shore Graveyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitakers Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Peoples Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Skyline Memorial Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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]<3> of the Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Black Water
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Copeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Pine Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Ararat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- White Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Stony Knoll
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Dobson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rockford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Siloam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Red Brush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Holly Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Pilot Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sheltontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Mount Airy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Toast
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Toast is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Richmond Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Mulberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Zephyr
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Boonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Pinnacle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Westfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Surry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boonville
- Mount Airy
- Pilot Mountain
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 Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Surry 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 Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1731677 (Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1731677 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: Surry
- Est. Elev: 371 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dobson
- Location given for Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.3823577 Lon: -80.6283968
- 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 Surry, 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- Union 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Mount Airy and Pilot Mountain. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |