A visit to the Bowman 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 Bowman Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bowman Cemetery:
36.6693, -80.5415
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bowman Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bowman Cemetery is located in Carroll County<2>.
The county seat for Carroll County is located in Hillsville. Hillsville lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Bowman Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 32 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Bowman Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bowman Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Worrell Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- James Cloud Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The James Cloud Cemetery is located in Carroll County
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- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Puckett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Puckett Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett Cemetery
- Flurnoy Cloud Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bluemont Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bluemont Cemetery is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluemont Cemetery
- Puckett Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Carroll County
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- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Carroll County
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- Groundhog Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- John Largen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The John Largen Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Largen Cemetery
- Pilot View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Pilot View Cemetery is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot View Cemetery
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- Weddle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Weddle Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weddle Cemetery
- Daniel Stanley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marshall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Marshall Cemetery is located in Carroll County
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- Stone Mtn. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Stone Mtn. Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Mtn. Cemetery
- Tobler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Tobler Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobler Cemetery
- Marshall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Marshall Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Cemetery
- Love Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Love Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Cemetery
- Eli Sowers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Eli Sowers Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Sowers Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Willard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Willard Cemetery is located in Carroll County
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- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Bowman - Fariss - Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Painter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Painter Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Emmitt D Stanley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bowman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Thomas Stanley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Terry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Terry Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Cemetery
- Bolt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bolt Cemetery is located in Carroll County
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- Turner - Duncan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bowman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bowman Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Gladesboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Ararat
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carters Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Pike City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Fancy Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows of Dan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Mount Herman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Dugspur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Albion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Toast
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Mount Airy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sheltontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Hillsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Lambsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Peters Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
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- Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Star is located in Carroll County
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- Westfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Red Brush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Stuart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- White Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Aarons Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Woolwine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Duncan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Woodlawn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pipers Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
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 Bowman Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Carroll County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bowman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Hillsville
- Mount Airy
- Stuart
- Woolwine
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Bowman Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Carroll 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 Bowman Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1738607 (Bowman Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1738607 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: Carroll
- Est. Elev: 833 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Laurel Fork
- Location given for Bowman Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.6693019 Lon: -80.5414557
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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 Virginia's counties, including Carroll, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bowman 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. |
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