A visit to the Laurens Family 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 Laurens Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Laurens Family Cemetery (FG ID #641373).
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 Laurens Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Laurens Family Cemetery:
33.1174, -79.9570
The Laurens Family Cemetery is located in Berkeley County<2>.
The county seat for Berkeley County is located in Moncks Corner. Moncks Corner lies just to the north northwest of the Laurens Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Laurens Family Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Laurens Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Laurens Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Exeter Plantation Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chachan Plantation Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lewisfield Plantation Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cordesville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Cordesville Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordesville Cemetery
- St. James AME Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Westview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Westview Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Cemetery
- Goose Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Goose Creek Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Cemetery
- Whispering Pines Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus Plantation Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Medway Plantation Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bonneau Ferry Plantation Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Biggin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Biggin Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggin Cemetery
- Graham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Graham Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
- Groomsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Groomsville Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville Cemetery
- Smyrna Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Cemetery
- Richmond Plantation Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Laurens Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Laurens Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tarry Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
- Cordesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moncks Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Huger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pinopolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Caromi Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
- Camelot Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Goose Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
- Otranto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bethera
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ladson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hanahan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bonneau
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Summerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
- Lincolnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
- Wando
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Laurens Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Berkeley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Laurens Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Goose Creek
- Moncks Corner
- North Charleston
- Summerville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Laurens Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to Berkeley 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 Laurens Family Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #641373
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 South Carolina's counties, including Berkeley, 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- Laurens Family 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |