A visit to the Wall 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 Wall Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wall Cemetery:
35.6893, -78.3975
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wall Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wall Cemetery is located in Johnston County<2>.
The county seat for Johnston County is located in Smithfield. Smithfield lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Wall Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wall Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Wall Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wall Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Gay Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Cemetery
- Sasser Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Sasser Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sasser Cemetery
- Wall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
- Wale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Wale Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wale Cemetery
- Wodd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Wodd Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wodd Cemetery
- Doub Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Doub Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doub Cemetery
- McCullers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The McCullers Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers Cemetery
- Horne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Horne Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horne Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Batten Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Batten Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batten Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
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- O'Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The O'Neal Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal Cemetery
- Jeffrey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Jeffrey Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey Cemetery
- Whitley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Whitley Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Stephenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stephenson Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson Cemetery
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Whitley Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Wheeler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Greswell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Greswell Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greswell Cemetery
- Woodard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Woodard Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Cemetery
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 Wall Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wall Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Archer Lodge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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
- Clayton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shotwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Wendell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wilson's Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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
- Eagle Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Knightdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Auburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Stancils Chapel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Zebulon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- West Smithfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Smithfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Middlesex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Garner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Micro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Murraytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Skycrest Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Timberlake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Hopedale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
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 Wall Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wall Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clayton
- Selma
- Smithfield
- Zebulon
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wall Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Johnston 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 Wall Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #996711 (Wall Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #996711 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: Johnston
- Est. Elev: 101 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clayton
- Location given for Wall Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6893218 Lon: -78.3975006
- 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 Johnston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wall 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. |