A visit to the Mount Vernon 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. Vernon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery:
33.7049, -79.9559
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County<2>.
The county seat for Williamsburg County is located in Kingstree. Kingstree lies just to the east southeast of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Vernon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Brewington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Brewington Cemetery is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewington Cemetery
- Crossroads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crossroads Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Kingstree.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485252 <5>
- Biggers AME Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Broad Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kingstree Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Beth Or Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Beth Or Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Or Cemetery
- Williamsburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Williamsburg Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Cemetery
- Williamsburg Presbyterian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hebron UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Easley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Easley Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Easley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Greeleyville.
- The Easley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bradshaw Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484801 <5>
- Salters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Salters Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salters Cemetery
- Hodges Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Hodges Cemetery is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lees Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Lees Cemetery is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Marion Memorial Garden Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Marion Memorial Garden Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Memorial Garden Cemetery
- The Marion Memorial Garden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Davis Cemetery
- Carsten - Sauls Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Carsten - Sauls Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsten - Sauls Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carsten - Sauls Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Cades.
- Cades Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Cades Cemetery is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cades Cemetery
- Floyd's Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Floyd's Chapel Cemetery is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd's Chapel Cemetery
- The Floyd's Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Floyd Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
- Cornerstone Ministries Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- St. James Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Vernon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Union Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
- Kingstree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greeleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Salters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Zion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Terrell Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terrell Crossroad is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell Crossroad
- Cades
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sardinia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gable
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moore Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Crossroads
- Turbeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lane is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <6>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Manning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Alcolu
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jordan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Shiloh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Wren Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wren Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olanta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shad Moss village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
- Region Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Region Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region 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. Vernon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Williamsburg County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Kingstree
- Lake City
- Manning
- Olanta
- Scranton
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 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 Mt. Vernon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to Williamsburg 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. Vernon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1241468 (Mount Vernon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1241468 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: Williamsburg
- Est. Elev: 24 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Workman
- Location given for Mount Vernon Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.7048856 Lon: -79.9559074
- 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 Williamsburg, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Vernon 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. |