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A visit to the Waters 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 Waters Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Waters 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 Waters Cemetery

Lat:   35.0343°   (35° 2' 3")

Lon:   -81.8029°   (-81° 48' 10")

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

The county seat for Spartanburg County is located in Spartanburg. Spartanburg lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Waters Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Waters Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Dewberry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dewberry Cemetery
    • The Dewberry Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Morgan Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morgan Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Morgan Memorial Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
  • Love Springs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Love Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Love Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Love Springs Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
  • Watkins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Watkins Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
  • Island Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Island Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Island Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Island Creek Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
  • Griffin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griffin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Griffin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Griffin Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Willis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Willis Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. View Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
  • Graham Chapel Wesleyan Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graham Chapel Wesleyan Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graham Chapel Wesleyan Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Graham Chapel Wesleyan Church Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Davis Chapel Wesleyan Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Chapel Wesleyan Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Chapel Wesleyan Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Davis Chapel Wesleyan Church Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Arrowood Baptist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arrowood Baptist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arrowood Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Arrowood Baptist Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Clifton Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clifton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clifton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Clifton Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
    • Scruggs Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scruggs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scruggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Scruggs Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
    • Cherokee Springs Baptist Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherokee Springs Baptist Cemetery
      • The Cherokee Springs Baptist Cemetery is located in Spartanburg County
      • The Cherokee Springs Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Cherokee Springs UMC Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69757 <5>
    • Lincoln Memorial Gardens
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Memorial Gardens
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lincoln Memorial Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sunset Memorial Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
    • Gaffney Memorial Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gaffney Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gaffney Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gaffney Memorial Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Smith Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Linder Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Linder Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Linder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Linder Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County

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 Waters Cemetery.

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

  • Cowpens
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
    • Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <6>
  • Converse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clifton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Macedonia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
    • Macedonia is located in Cherokee County
  • Mayo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Glendale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Whitney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Whitney is located in Spartanburg County
  • Drayton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Camp Croft
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Croft
    • Camp Croft is located in Spartanburg County
  • Pacolet Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Chesnee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Spartanburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • White Stone
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pacolet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Central Pacolet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Gaffney
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Valley Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Una
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Saxon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Hub City Courts
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • East Gaffney
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Gaffney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
      • East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
    • Boiling Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Southern Shops
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Johnson City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Fairforest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Arcadia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Brooklyn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brooklyn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
      • Brooklyn 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 Waters Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Spartanburg County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Waters 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 professional and volunteer 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 Waters 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 Waters Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1227435  (Waters Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1227435 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: Cowpens
    • County: Spartanburg         Elev: 265
    • Location given for GNIS #1227435 (Waters 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 '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Waters Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0343, Longitude: -81.8029       In this case, the coordinates for the Waters 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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