A visit to the White - Mercer - Richardson 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 White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery (FG ID #2605611)
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 White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery
Lat: 35.2449° (35° 14' 41")
Lon: -77.4089° (-77° 24' 32")
The White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery is located in Craven County<2>.
The county seat for Craven County is located in New Bern. New Bern lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the east southeast of the White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rhem Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jesse B. Noble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
- Grifton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Quinerly Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Live Oak FWB Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maplewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
- King Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McArthur Jenkins & Moore Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Southwest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southwest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southwest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Southwest Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
- Southview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southview Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Southview Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
- Johnson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Alexander Rouse Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westview Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Westview Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Pitt County
- Pinelawn Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinelawn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinelawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pinelawn Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Israel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Temple Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Temple Israel Cemetery is located in Lenoir County
- Artis Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Artis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Artis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Artis Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jesse Kennedy Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Barnwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wise Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cove City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sassers Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graingers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tick Bite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Perfection
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Quinerly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kinfield Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinfield Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Loftins Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grifton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pollocks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kinston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Phillips Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Trenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tuscarora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clayroot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Albrittons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Combs Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Combs Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Vanceboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vanceboro have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceboro
- Vanceboro is located in Craven County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vanceboro <7>
- Calico
(14 miles [22.5 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 White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Craven County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ayden
- Ayden lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the North (N) of the White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ayden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayden
- Grifton
- Kinston
- Trenton
- Trenton lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Trenton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
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 White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Craven County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Craven County: www.co.craven.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 Craven, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2449, Longitude: -77.4089 |
<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> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |