A visit to the Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Grove Cemetery:
35.1060, -81.4868
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.
The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Gaffney. Gaffney lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Oak Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Oak Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Blacksburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Blacksburg Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg Cemetery
- Heathcock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Heathcock Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathcock Cemetery
- Camp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Camp Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cemetery
- Goode Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Goode Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode Cemetery
- Clingham Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Divine True Holiness Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bridges Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Bridges Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopewell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2169825 <5>
- Blalock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Blalock Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blalock Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Etters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Etters Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etters Cemetery
- Mt. Paran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Paran Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Paran Cemetery
- Galilee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Galilee Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee Cemetery
- Mullinax Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Mullinax Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullinax Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Deal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Deal Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith 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 Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Blacksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Earl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- East Gaffney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Patterson Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Gaffney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- White Plains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Brittain Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Zadok is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Sharon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Village Square Townhouses
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hopewell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Elizabeth City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Kings Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Light Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Shelby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shelby is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <6>
- Sharon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Filbert is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Briarwood Townhouses
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
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 Oak Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cherokee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blacksburg
- Gaffney
- Kings Mountain
- Shelby
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 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 Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1228621 (Oak Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1228621 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: Cherokee
- Est. Elev: 244 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kings Creek
- Location given for Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.1059638 Lon: -81.4867566
- 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 Cherokee, 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- Oak Grove 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. |