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A visit to the Meadow Prong Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Meadow Prong Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Meadow Prong Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Meadow Prong Cemetery

Lat:   34.0374°   (34° 2' 14")

Lon:   -79.8267°   (-79° 49' 36")

The Meadow Prong Cemetery is located in Florence County<2>.

The county seat for Florence County is located in Florence. Florence lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Meadow Prong Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Meadow Prong Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Meadow Prong Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Elim Methodist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elim Methodist Cemetery
    • The Elim Methodist Cemetery is located in Florence County
  • Mossy Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mossy Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mossy Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mossy Grove Cemetery is located in Florence County
  • Lynchs Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lynchs Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lynchs Memorial Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lynchs Memorial Gardens Cemetery is located in Florence County
  • Sparrow Swamp Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sparrow Swamp Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sparrow Swamp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sparrow Swamp Cemetery is located in Florence County
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethany Cemetery is located in Florence County
  • Cockfield - Lynch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cockfield - Lynch Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cockfield - Lynch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • The Cockfield - Lynch Cemetery is located in Florence County
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308455 <6>
  • Carter's Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter's Cemetery
    • The Carter's Cemetery is located in Florence County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carter's Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Danwood.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518091 <6>
  • McLaughlin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLaughlin Cemetery
    • The McLaughlin Cemetery is located in Florence County
  • Peniel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sansbury Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Florence County
  • Matthews Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Matthews Cemetery
    • The Matthews Cemetery is located in Florence County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Lebanon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Florence County
    • Old Midway Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Midway Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Midway Baptist Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • The Old Midway Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Florence County
      • The Old Midway Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hill Cemetery
      • Midway Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2469835 <6>
    • New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Byrd Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byrd Cemetery
      • The Byrd Cemetery is located in Florence County
    • Broad Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Broad Cemetery
      • The Broad Cemetery is located in Florence County
    • Yarborough Family Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tabernacle FWB Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • White Chapel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Chapel Cemetery
      • The White Chapel Cemetery is located in Florence County
    • Coward Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coward Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Coward Cemetery is located in Florence County
    • Olive Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olive Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olive Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Olive Grove Cemetery is located in Florence County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Meadow Prong Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Meadow Prong Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Cusac Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusac Crossroads
    • Cusac Crossroads is located in Florence County
  • Jones Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
    • Jones Crossroads is located in Florence County
  • Effingham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Danwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danwood
    • Danwood is located in Florence County
  • Salem
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Salem is located in Florence County
  • Coward
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sardis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sardis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
    • Sardis is located in Florence County
  • Hobbs Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Crossroads
    • Hobbs Crossroads is located in Sumter County
  • Park City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Park City is located in Florence County
  • Tara Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tara Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Village
    • Tara Village is located in Florence County
  • Olanta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Scranton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Friendfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Friendfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendfield
      • Friendfield is located in Florence County
    • Siesta Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Siesta Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Village
      • Siesta Village is located in Florence County
    • Timmonsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ebenezer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
      • Ebenezer is located in Florence County
    • Florence
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cartersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
      • Cartersville is located in Florence County
    • Moore Crossroads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Crossroads
      • Moore Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
    • Lake City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Alexander Crossroads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Crossroads
      • Alexander Crossroads is located in Darlington County
    • Shiloh
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shiloh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
      • Shiloh is located in Sumter County
    • Terrell Crossroad
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell Crossroad
      • Terrell Crossroad is located in Williamsburg County
    • Wren Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wren Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
      • Wren Village is located in Florence County
    • Turbeville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pamplico
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Quinby
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Palmetto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Palmetto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
      • Palmetto is located in Darlington County
    • Lynchburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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 Meadow Prong Cemetery. The following communities are located in Florence County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Meadow Prong Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 websites either 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 Meadow Prong Cemetery:

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 Meadow Prong Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1242054  (Meadow Prong Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1242054 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Effingham
    • County: Florence         Elev: 32
    • Location given for GNIS #1242054 (Meadow Prong Cemetery)

The official website for Florence County: www.florenceco.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 Florence, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Meadow Prong Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0374, Longitude: -79.8267       In this case, the coordinates for the Meadow Prong Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<6>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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