A visit to the Mill Creek 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 Mill Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mill Creek Cemetery:
35.1349, -81.0873
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mill Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mill Creek Cemetery is located in York County<2>.
The county seat for York County is located in York. York lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southwest of the Mill Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mill Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Mill Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mill Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- O'Zion AME Zion Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Bowling Green Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Cramerton Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gaston Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Gaston Memorial Park is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gaston Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Gastonia (NC).
- The Gaston Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Gaston Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47448 <5>
- Clover Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Berryhill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Berryhill Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryhill Cemetery
- Aviary Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Aviary Gardens is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aviary Gardens
- Edgewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Edgewood Cemetery is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Firestone Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Steele Creek AME Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Craig / Jenkins Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Cemetery is located in Gastonia (NC).
- Hollywood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Hollywood Cemetery is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollywood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Gastonia (NC).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47713 <5>
- North Oakland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The North Oakland Cemetery is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland Cemetery
- The North Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Oakland Street Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Firestone Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Firestone Cemetery is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone Cemetery
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dinkins Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Dinkins Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinkins Cemetery
- York Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The York Memorial Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Memorial Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mill Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mill Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Lake Wylie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Catawba is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Cramerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tega Cay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowling Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Brown Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Town is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Belmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McAdenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Gastonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Smyre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- India Hook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- India Hook is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
- Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ranlo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Newport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Riverview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Gastonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Zadok is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Filbert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Filbert is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Fort Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pineville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Yorkmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont
- Dalton Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village
- Pinecrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Spencer Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain
- Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
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 Mill Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in York County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mill Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clover
- Fort Mill
- Gastonia
- Pineville
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 Mill Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to York 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 Mill Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1224551 (Mill Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1224551 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: York
- Est. Elev: 203 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Belmont
- Location given for Mill Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.134863 Lon: -81.0872981
- 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 York, 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- Mill Creek 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. |
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