A visit to the Holt 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 Holt Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Holt Cemetery:
35.1560, -81.5409
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Holt Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Holt Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.
The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Gaffney. Gaffney lies just to the southwest of the Holt Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Holt Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Holt Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Holt Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Paran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Mt. Paran Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Paran Cemetery
- Buffalo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Buffalo Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Cemetery
- Youngs Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Youngs Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Grove Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- Bridges Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Bridges Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Cemetery
- Blacksburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Blacksburg Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg Cemetery
- Divine True Holiness Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Faith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Faith Cemetery is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith Cemetery
- Sarratt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sarratt Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarratt Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Galilee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Galilee Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dye Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Dye Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye Cemetery
- Clingham Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Etters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Etters Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etters Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Earl (NC).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2247407 <5>
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Little Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Goode Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Goode Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode Cemetery
- Deal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Deal Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Ellis Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Holt Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Holt Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Blacksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Earl
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Grover
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Patterson Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Brittain Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- East Gaffney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Sharon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Gaffney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kings Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- White Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Light Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Elizabeth City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Briarwood Townhouses
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Shelby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shelby is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <6>
- Village Square Townhouses
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Boiling Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Smyrna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Kings Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lattimore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Stubbs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
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 Holt Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cherokee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Holt Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blacksburg
- Gaffney
- Kings Mountain
- Shelby
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Holt Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Holt Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1228562 (Holt Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1228562 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: Cherokee
- Est. Elev: 208 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Blacksburg North
- Location given for Holt Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.1559624 Lon: -81.5409253
- 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 South Carolina's counties, including Cherokee, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holt 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. |