A visit to the Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery (FG ID #713418).
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 Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery:
34.5106, -83.0473
The Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Oconee County<2>.
The county seat for Oconee County is located in Walhalla. Walhalla lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north of the Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Kesse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Kesse Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kesse Cemetery
- South Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The South Union Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Union Cemetery
- Shoal Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Shoal Creek Cemetery is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Cemetery
- New Light Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The New Light Cemetery is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light Cemetery
- Maret Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Maret Cemetery is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maret Cemetery
- Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fair Play Christian Fellowship Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Providence UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Robertson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Marit Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marit Cemetery
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- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Cleveland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Cleveland Cemetery is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Cemetery
- Yow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Yow Cemetery is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Poole Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Poole Cemetery is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Cemetery
- Snowhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Snowhill Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowhill 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 Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gumlog
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Fair Play
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lavonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maretts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reed Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Avalon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Bowersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Townville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Price ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Canon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flat Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Richland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Eastanollee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Parhams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hartwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Utica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carnesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leisure Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
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 Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Oconee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carnesville
- Hartwell
- Lavonia
- Seneca
- Seneca lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Seneca.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Westminster
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 helpful 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 Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to Oconee 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 Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #713418
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Oconee, 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- Rock Hill Baptist Church 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |