Bowles - Shelton Cemetery
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Introduction ...

We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. 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.

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Location of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery ...
List of the closest cemeteries ...
List of neighboring communities ...
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
Websites to help with your genealogy research ...
Miscellaneous mentions of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery ...

The Location of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery...

The Bowles - Shelton Cemetery is located in Franklin County. The county seat for Franklin County is located in Rocky Mount.

Below are the GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) that we are using for the location of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Lat: 36.8290° (36° 49' 44")

Lon: -79.9856° (-79° 59' 8")

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)^<2>

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery.


Bassett [Map]
-	Located in Henry County
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km]^<3> to the South (S) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery


Ferrum [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Floyd [Map]
-	Located in Floyd County
-	Lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery


Martinsville [Map]
-	Located in Martinsville City
-	Lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery


Rocky Mount [Map]
-	Lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery


Stuart [Map]
-	Located in Patrick County
-	Lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the Southwest (SW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

List of the closest cemeteries ...

We know of 74 cemeteries that are within Less than 2 miles of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery. The cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order.

Unless otherwise noted, the following cemeteries are located in Franklin County.

Adkins - Stone Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Akers Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Boyd Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Brown Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Bryant Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Burnett Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Canton Creek Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the Northeast (NE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Carn Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Carter Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Carter Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Davis Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the East (E) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Dehart - Jones - Prillaman Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the West (W) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Feazell Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Ferguson Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Gardner Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Gardner - Ramsey Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Gusler Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies Less than 2 miles to the West (W) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Hale Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Hall Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the North (N) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Henry Memorial Park [Map]
-	Located in Henry County
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the Southeast (SE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Holcomb Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the East (E) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Hurt Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Hurt - Ferguson Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Hurt - Thompson Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Ingram Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Ingram Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Jamison Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Lipscomb Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the North (N) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Lipscomb - Thornton Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Love Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the Northeast (NE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Love Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the Northeast (NE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Lovell Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

McGhee Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies Less than 2 miles to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

McGhee - Taylor Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Meadors - James Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Meadors - Sloan Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Metz - Nunn Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Mill Creek Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies Less than 2 miles to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Mt. Cassell Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Pearson Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Prillaman Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Prilliman Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Providence Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Radley Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Ramsey Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Ramsey Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Ramsey - Stanley - King Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies Less than 2 miles to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Randolph Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Ratcliff - Whitlow - Young Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Rock Ridge Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the North (N) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

St. James Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the North (N) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Shady Rest Cemetery [Map]
-	Located in Henry County
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the Southwest (SW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Sigmon Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Sink Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Sloan Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Stanley Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the Northeast (NE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Starkey - Barbour Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the East (E) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Stone - Bondurant - Johnson Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies Less than 2 miles to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Taylor Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Thomas Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Thornton Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 2 miles [3.2 km] to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Town Creek Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies Less than 2 miles to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Turner Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Turner - Hickman Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Williams Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the East (E) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Williams Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the Northeast (NE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Wray Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies Less than 2 miles to the East (E) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Young Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the Northwest (NW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Young Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the East (E) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Young Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Young Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 6 miles [9.7 km] to the Northeast (NE) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Young Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 5 miles [8 km] to the North (N) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Young Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 3 miles [4.8 km] to the North (N) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

Young Cemetery [Map]
-	Lies 4 miles [6.4 km] to the East (E) of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery.

Bassett [Map]	Horse Pasture [Map]	Reed Creek Village [Map]
Chatmoss [Map]	Laurel Park [Map]	Ridgeway [Map]
Collinsville [Map]	Martinsville [Map]	Rocky Mount [Map]
Ferrum [Map]	Oak Level [Map]	Simpsons [Map]
Fieldale [Map]	Patrick Springs [Map]	Stanleytown [Map]
Henry [Map]	Pizarro [Map]	Villa Heights [Map]

For the full list with details, please visit our List of Communities.

Websites to help with your genealogy research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch, the UsGenWeb Project and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to all and free to view - although it should be mentioned that they might link to other websites which do charge.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery:

For pages that are specific to Virginia:

Cyndi's List

Family Search

Genealogy Trails

USGenWeb

These pages are specific to Franklin County:

Cyndi's List

Family Search

Genealogy Trails

USGenWeb

Genealogy information for nearby counties:

Caswell County (NC):	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Forsyth County (NC):	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Guilford County (NC):	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Lenoir County (NC):	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Rockingham County (NC):	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Stokes County (NC):	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Surry County (NC):	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Yadkin County (NC):	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Bedford City:	Cyndi's List	Family Search		USGenWeb
Bedford County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Botetourt County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails
Campbell County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Carroll County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Craig County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Danville City:	Cyndi's List	Family Search
Floyd County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails
Galax City:	Cyndi's List	Family Search
Giles County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Halifax County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Henry County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Martinsville City:	Cyndi's List	Family Search		USGenWeb
Montgomery County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Patrick County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Pittsylvania County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Pulaski County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Radford City:	Cyndi's List	Family Search		USGenWeb
Roanoke City:	Cyndi's List	Family Search		USGenWeb
Roanoke County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Salem City:	Cyndi's List	Family Search		USGenWeb
Southampton County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Wythe County:	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb
Monroe County (WV):	Cyndi's List	Family Search	Genealogy Trails	USGenWeb

Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia:

Cyndi's List:	Cemeteries of Virginia, of Franklin County
Cemetery Junction:	Directory for Virginia
FamilySearch.org:	Cemetery Wiki for Virginia
Find-A-Grave:	Home Page
Internment.net:	Cemeteries of Virginia, of Franklin County

Of Special Interest ...

The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.

Disaster Stories from Virginia

Miscellaneous References and Mentions of the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually in newspapers, old books or maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we try to add detail as we continue our research. We've created the following list to keep track of the sources we found useful in our research about the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery.

Referenced GNIS Record ...

GNIS ID #1791498 (Name of Record: Bowles-Shelton Cemetery)

Class: cemetery
County: Franklin
Lat: 36.8290266 Lon: -79.9855952 [Map]
Elev: 301 Map Name: Bassett

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Footnotes ...

<1>	The values for latitude and longitude indicate a specific point on the ground. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8290, Longitude: -79.9856 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for the Bowles - Shelton Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Due to various mapping and measurement errors, the location we give for Bowles - Shelton Cemetery should not be considered precise. - Return to Citation
<2>	This 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 have found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance starting in . A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B. - Return to Citation