A visit to the Sharon 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 Sharon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sharon Cemetery:
34.1309, -82.4474
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sharon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sharon Cemetery is located in Abbeville County<2>.
The county seat for Abbeville County is located in Abbeville. Abbeville lies just to the northeast of the Sharon Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sharon Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sharon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sharon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Forest Lawn Memory Gardens is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Lawn Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southwest of Abbeville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #285935 <5>
- Warrenton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Warrenton Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Calhoun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Calhoun Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Melrose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Melrose Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Cemetery
- Old Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Old Zion Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zion Cemetery
- Rocky River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Rocky River Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky River Cemetery
- Hobson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hobson Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Bethiah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethiah Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethiah Cemetery
- Upper Long Cane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Upper Long Cane Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Long Cane Cemetery
- The Upper Long Cane Cemetery has also been known as:
- Upper Long Cane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71574 <5>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Old Rocky River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boyd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Brough Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Brough Cemetery is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brough Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Chisholm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Chisholm Cemetery is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm Cemetery
- Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Chapel Cemetery is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Cemetery
- Little Mountain Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Little Mountain Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Little Mountain Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Antreville and Abbeville. The cemetery lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Antreville.
- The Little Mountain Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Little Mountain Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70540 <5>
- Powers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Cemetery
- Hester Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Hester Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester Cemetery
- Lower Long Cane Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem 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 Sharon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sharon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Abbeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Latimer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Mount Carmel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Willington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Verdery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Promised Land
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Bradley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lowndesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Antreville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Lake Secession
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Level Land
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Due West
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hodges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McCormick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mathews Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Grendel Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Cokesbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Donalds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Iva
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <7>
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 Sharon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Abbeville County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sharon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Abbeville
- Calhoun Falls
- Donalds
- Due West
- Greenwood
- Lowndesville
- McCormick
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Sharon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to Abbeville 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 Sharon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1229140 (Sharon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1229140 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: Abbeville
- Est. Elev: 181 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Abbeville West
- Location given for Sharon Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1309493 Lon: -82.4473499
- 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 Abbeville, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sharon 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Antreville and Abbeville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |