A visit to the Mount Pillar 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 Mt. Pillar Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Pillar Cemetery:
34.0443, -78.9934
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Pillar Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Pillar Cemetery is located in Horry County<2>.
The county seat for Horry County is located in Conway. Conway lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Mt. Pillar Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Pillar Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Mt. Pillar Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Pillar Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Holt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Holt Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt Cemetery
- Strickland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Strickland Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland Cemetery
- Live Oak Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Bethel AME Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The New Bethel AME Church Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel AME Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Bethel AME Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west of Loris.
- The New Bethel AME Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Silver Star Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1092734 <5>
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Stevens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Stevens Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cemetery
- Cane Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Cane Branch Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Branch Cemetery
- The Cane Branch Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cane Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978135 <5>
- Harrelson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Harrelson Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Loris.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1646839 <5>
- Silent Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Silent Grove Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silent Grove Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Green Sea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Green Sea Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Sea Cemetery
- Mitchell Sea Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fox Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Fox Branch Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Branch Cemetery
- New Home Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Cherry Hill Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Cemetery
- Collins - Fowler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Collins - Fowler Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins - Fowler Cemetery
- The Collins - Fowler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Collins Cemetery
- Blanton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Blanton Cemetery is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Pillar Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Pillar Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gurley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Finklea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Finklea is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Green Sea
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Loris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Allen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Allen is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Cebu ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cebu is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebu
- Daisy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Cool Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cool Spring is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Tabor City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Emerson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Aynor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cochran Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cochran Town is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Town
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Vina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Vina is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Ironhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ironhill is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
- Conway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clarendon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Galivants Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Red Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Red Hill is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Nixonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nixonville is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville
- Little Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Little Town is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Nichols
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hand is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Longs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cribb Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
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 Mt. Pillar Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Horry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Pillar Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aynor
- Aynor lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Mt. Pillar Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Aynor.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aynor
- Conway
- Loris
- Tabor City
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Mt. Pillar Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to Horry 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 Mt. Pillar Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1224760 (Mount Pillar Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1224760 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: Horry
- Est. Elev: 27 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Loris
- Location given for Mount Pillar Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.0443363 Lon: -78.9933659
- 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 Horry, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Pillar 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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