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A visit to the Wakefield Cemetery ...

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 Wakefield Cemetery ...

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

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wakefield Cemetery

Lat:   35.8485°   (35° 50' 54")

Lon:   -78.3219°   (-78° 19' 18")

The Wakefield Cemetery is located in Wake County<2>.

The county seat for Wake County is located in Raleigh. Raleigh lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Wakefield Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Wakefield Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wakefield Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Wake County
  • Jack Bailey Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mitchell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mitchell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Franklin County
  • Whitley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Whitley Cemetery is located in Johnston County
  • Hocutt Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hocutt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hocutt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hocutt Cemetery is located in Johnston County
  • Woodard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodard Cemetery
    • The Woodard Cemetery is located in Johnston County
  • Smith Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smith Cemetery is located in Johnston County
  • Middlesex Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middlesex Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middlesex Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Middlesex Cemetery is located in Nash County
  • Middlesex Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middlesex Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middlesex Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Middlesex Memorial Gardens is located in Nash County
  • Rolesville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rolesville Cemetery
    • The Rolesville Cemetery is located in Wake County
  • Doub Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doub Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doub Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Doub Cemetery is located in Wake County
  • Mullen Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mullen Family Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mullen Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • The Mullen Family Cemetery is located in Franklin County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mullen Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Bunn.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386846 <6>
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Wale Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wale Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wale Cemetery is located in Johnston County
    • Bethlehem Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Smith Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Smith Cemetery is located in Wake County
    • Wall Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wall Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wall Cemetery is located in Johnston County
    • Wall Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wall Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wall Cemetery is located in Johnston County
    • Jeffrey Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jeffrey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jeffrey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jeffrey Cemetery is located in Johnston County
    • Price Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Price Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Price Cemetery is located in Johnston County
    • Greswell Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greswell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greswell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Greswell Cemetery is located in Johnston County
    • Wheeler Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Johnston County
    • Eason Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eason Cemetery
      • The Eason Cemetery is located in Johnston County
    • St. James Church of Christ Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Wakefield Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wakefield Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Zebulon
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Murraytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murraytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
    • Murraytown is located in Nash County
  • Wendell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Hope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
    • Union Hope is located in Nash County
  • Rocky Cross
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
    • Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
  • Eagle Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eagle Rock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
    • Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
  • Sutton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
    • Sutton is located in Franklin County
  • Rogers Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rogers Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
    • Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
  • Middlesex
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlesex have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
    • Middlesex is located in Nash County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
  • Samaria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Samaria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
    • Samaria is located in Nash County
  • Bunn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
    • Bunn is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunn <7>
  • Gold Valley Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gold Valley Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Valley Crossroads
    • Gold Valley Crossroads is located in Nash County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Rolesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolesville
      • Rolesville is located in Wake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,882 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolesville <7>
    • Knightdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knightdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightdale
      • Knightdale is located in Wake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knightdale <7>
    • Shotwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shotwell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
      • Shotwell is located in Wake County
    • Frazier Crossroads
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frazier Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
      • Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
    • Archer Lodge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
      • Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
      • Archer Lodge has also been known as:
      • Archer
    • Mount Pleasant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
    • Bailey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
      • Bailey is located in Nash County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bailey <7>
    • Floods Chapel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floods Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
      • Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
    • Stanhope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
      • Stanhope is located in Nash County
    • Spring Hope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Forestville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forestville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
      • Forestville is located in Wake County
    • Wyatt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wyatt. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
      • Wyatt is located in Wake County
    • Lamm Crossroads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamm Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamm Crossroads
      • Lamm Crossroads is located in Nash County
    • Hunts
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
      • Hunts is located in Nash County
    • Youngsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Neuse
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neuse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse
      • Neuse is located in Wake County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neuse <7>
    • Skycrest Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skycrest Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
      • Skycrest Village is located in Wake 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Wakefield Cemetery:

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 Wakefield Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #996683  (Wakefield Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #996683 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: Zebulon
    • County: Wake         Elev: 96
    • Location given for GNIS #996683 (Wakefield Cemetery)

The official website for Wake County: www.wakegov.com/

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 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wakefield Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8485, Longitude: -78.3219       In this case, the coordinates for the Wakefield Cemetery 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>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.
<6>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.
<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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