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A visit to the Trail Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Trail Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Trail Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Trail Cemetery

Lat:   34.8093°   (34° 48' 33")

Lon:   -81.8982°   (-81° 53' 53")

The Trail Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County<2>.

The county seat for Spartanburg County is located in Spartanburg. Spartanburg lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of the Trail Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Trail Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Trail Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Cathcart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cathcart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cathcart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cathcart Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Glen Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glen Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Glen Springs Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Lancaster Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lancaster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lancaster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lancaster Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Hebron United Methodist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron United Methodist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron United Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hebron United Methodist Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Antioch Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Oeland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oeland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oeland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oeland Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Fleming Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fleming Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fleming Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fleming Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Unity Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Unity Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Unity Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Unity Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Foster Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Foster Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Lee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lee Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • West Springs Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Springs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The West Springs Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Sulphur Springs Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sulphur Springs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sulphur Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sulphur Springs Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Piney Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Piney Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Piney Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
    • Old Fairforest Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Fairforest Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Fairforest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Fairforest Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Lebanon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
    • Cedar Spring Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Spring Cemetery
      • The Cedar Spring Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
      • The Cedar Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Barnett Cemetery
      • Cedar Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2328569 <5>
    • Cemetery Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cemetery Hill
      • The Cemetery Hill is located in Spartanburg County
    • Old City Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old City Cemetery
      • The Old City Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
      • The Old City Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Freemans Cemetery
      • New Colored Cemetery
    • Seay Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seay Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Seay Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
    • Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Grace Chapel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grace Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grace Chapel Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
    • Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bogansville Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bogansville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bogansville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bogansville Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Mayhew Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayhew Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mayhew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mayhew Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Fairforest Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairforest Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairforest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fairforest Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Bates Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bates Family Cemetery
      • The Bates Family Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
    • Bagwell Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bagwell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bagwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bagwell Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Trail Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Trail Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Pauline
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Moore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Roebuck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • White Stone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Camp Croft
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Croft
    • Camp Croft is located in Spartanburg County
  • Colerain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colerain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
    • Colerain is located in Union County
  • Woodruff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pacolet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
    • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <6>
  • Glendale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Spartanburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hub City Courts
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hub City Courts have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
    • Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
  • Central Pacolet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Pacolet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
    • Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Franklin Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Village
      • Franklin Village is located in Spartanburg County
    • Green Pond
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
      • Green Pond is located in Spartanburg County
    • Enoree
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cross Anchor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Saxon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saxon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
      • Saxon is located in Spartanburg County
    • Una
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Johnson City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
      • Johnson City is located in Spartanburg County
    • Arcadia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Drayton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pacolet Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairforest
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Crescent
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
      • Crescent is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jonesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Clifton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Brookside Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
      • Brookside Village is located in Spartanburg County
    • Reidville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Whitney
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Spartanburg County

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 Trail Cemetery. The following communities are located in Spartanburg County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Trail Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Trail Cemetery:

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 Trail Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1227191  (Trail Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1227191 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Moore
    • County: Spartanburg         Elev: 219
    • Location given for GNIS #1227191 (Trail Cemetery)

The official website for Spartanburg County: www.co.spartanburg.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 Spartanburg, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Trail Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8093, Longitude: -81.8982       In this case, the coordinates for the Trail Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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