A visit to the Wheeler 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 Wheeler Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wheeler Cemetery:
35.6788, -78.2947
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wheeler 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 southwest of the Wheeler Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Wheeler Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wheeler Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jeffrey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Jeffrey Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- O'Neal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The O'Neal Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal Cemetery
- Whitley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Whitley Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley Cemetery
- Cattail Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Cattail Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattail Cemetery
- Batten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Batten Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batten Cemetery
- Eason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Eason Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eason Cemetery
- Batten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Batten Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batten Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Hocutt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hocutt Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hocutt Cemetery
- Woodard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Woodard Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Cemetery
- Eason Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Eason Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eason Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Whitley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Whitley Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley Cemetery
- Wall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
- Rains Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hicks Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Stancils Chapel.
- The Hicks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hicks Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2524837 <5>
- St. James Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Wale Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wale Cemetery
- Wall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
- Hinton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Hinton Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton Cemetery
- Sasser Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Sasser Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sasser Cemetery
- Henry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Henry Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Cemetery
- Sullivan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Sullivan Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Cemetery
- Grant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Grant Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Cemetery
- Broadwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Broadwell Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell Cemetery
- Batten Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Batten Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batten Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Shoeheel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Shoeheel Cemetery is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoeheel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wheeler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wheeler Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stancils Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Archer Lodge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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
- Wilson's Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Wendell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Selma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Micro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Beulahtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Middlesex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Shotwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Kenly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Zebulon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- 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
- Fairfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Pine Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Murraytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Smithfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bailey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Rocky Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Knightdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Sims
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Samaria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Emerald Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clayton
- Kenly
- Kenly lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Wheeler Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Kenly.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenly
- Selma
- Smithfield
- Zebulon
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 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #997107 (Wheeler Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #997107 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: 81 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Flowers
- Location given for Wheeler Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6787679 Lon: -78.294721
- 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- Wheeler 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. |
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