A visit to the Crook 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 Crook Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Crook Cemetery:
37.0971, -79.7978
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Crook Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Crook Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount lies just to the southwest of the Crook Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Crook Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> of the Crook Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Crook Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Harper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Harper Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Cemetery
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Old Liberty Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty Cemetery
- Jefferson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Jefferson Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Cemetery
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ozzie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Ozzie Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozzie Cemetery
- Poteet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Poteet Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet Cemetery
- Perdue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Perdue Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue Cemetery
- Thurman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Thurman Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman Cemetery
- Wood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Wood Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Cemetery
- Chambers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- Dillon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dillon Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Redwood.
- The Dillon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jesse Dillon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2526962 <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Dillon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Cemetery
- Dillon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Cemetery
- Crossroads Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Dillon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Robertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Robertson Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Cemetery
- Perdue - Robertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McGuire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The McGuire Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuire Cemetery
- McGuire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The McGuire Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuire Cemetery
- Jeter - Perdue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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 Crook Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Crook Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Burnt Chimney
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Burnt Chimney is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Chimney
- Villa ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Redwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Westlake Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- North Shore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Gogginsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gogginsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogginsville
- Rocky Mount
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boones Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clevilas ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clevilas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevilas
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Goodview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barfoot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Radford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Radford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
- Hickman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Moneta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chamblissburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
- Garden City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Montgomery Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
- Penhook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Buena Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Sydnorsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Roanoke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
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 Crook 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 Crook Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Moneta
- Roanoke
- Rocky Mount
- Vinton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Crook Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Crook Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1465451 (Crook Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1465451 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 343 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Redwood
- Location given for Crook Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.0970851 Lon: -79.7978105
- 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 Virginia's counties, including Franklin, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crook 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |