A visit to the Howser 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 Howser Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Howser Cemetery:
35.1446, -81.4090
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Howser Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Howser Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.
The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Gaffney. Gaffney lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Howser Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Howser Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Howser Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Howser Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Stewart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Gordon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Gordon Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Cemetery
- Kings Mtn. Battleground Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Deal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Deal Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Grover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Grover Cemetery is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grover Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Grover (NC).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47568 <5>
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Camp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Camp Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cemetery
- Mullinax Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mullinax Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullinax Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Apple Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Long Branch Baptist Cemetery
- Long Branch Church Cemetery
- Etters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Etters Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etters Cemetery
- Clingham Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Goode Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Goode Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode Cemetery
- Blalock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Blalock Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blalock Cemetery
- Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Christian Freedom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blacksburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Blacksburg Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg Cemetery
- Dye Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Dye Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Heathcock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Heathcock Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathcock Cemetery
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 Howser Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Howser Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Grover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Blacksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Smyrna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Kings Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Earl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Patterson Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Light Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Filbert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Clover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Bowling Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brittain Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Stony Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Stubbs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- South Gastonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Briarwood Townhouses
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Bessemer City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
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 Howser 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 Howser Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bessemer City
- Blacksburg
- Clover
- Kings Mountain
- Shelby
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Howser 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 Howser Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1228565 (Howser Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1228565 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: 210 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Grover
- Location given for Howser Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.1445767 Lon: -81.4089743
- 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' (or 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- Howser 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. |