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Note about cemetery listings:
Not all 'Find A Grave' listings are a complete list of burials for that cemetery, but the listings provide an excellent amount of information for the cemeteries shown. You can add your own information to 'Find A Grave' to make the listings more complete. Google map placements are approximate and are simply a guide to get you into the general area that the cemeteries are located.
Contact me with any additional cemetery information to make this page more accurate.

Acorn Branch Cemetery
    North Kerr Avenue to Morris Road to John Morris Road, Wilmington
       Find A Grave List of Interments
      
Google Map
      
Airport's security measure to limit cemetery access (news article)

Alexander Family Cemetery
    Near Ocean Hwy Baptist Church, down a dirt road on left

Allan Family Cemetery
    210 Hooker Road, behind a residence

Barker Family Cemetery
    Blossom Ferry Road, Castle Hayne
      
Google Map

Beasley Family Cemetery
    Beasley Road, Wilmington
      
Google Map

Bellevue Cemetery
    Corner of 17th Street and Princess Place, Wilmington NC 28405
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Bethany Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    2237 Castle Hayne Road, Wilmington NC 28401
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Bethel United Holiness Church Cemetery
    4326 Market Street, Wilmington NC 28403
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Biddle-Martindale Cemetery
    Off of River Road, Wilmington
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
       Historical Records Survey, Tombstone Transcription Project from 1937

B'nail Israel Hebrew Cemetery
    North 18th Street, Wilmington

Bonham Cemetery
    Shannon Drive, Masonboro     

      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Online Transcription

Bordeaux Cemetery
    Oakley Road, Castle Hayne    

       Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Online Transcription

Bryan Cemetery
    Shannon Drive, Masonboro    

       Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Online Transcription

Buck Family Cemetery
    Brandywine Circle, Wilmington
      
Online Transcription

Buxton Cemetery
    Harnett Townshp

Calvary Memorial Cemetery
    11th Street, Wilmington

Canaday Family Cemetery
    Brandywine Circle, Wilmington       

      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Online Transcription

Chadwick Cemetery
    off Hwy 17
      
Online Transcription

Craig Family Cemetery
    Between Tanglewood Drive and Whippoorwill Lane, Wilmington
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Google Map

Delgado Cemetery
    AKA Spofford Cemetery
    Confederate Drive, Wilmington
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
What is the history of Delgado Cemetery? (article)

Enoch Chapel Cemetery
    7011 Market Street, Wilmington NC 28411
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Farrow Family Cemetery
    Whiskey Creek area, Masonboro
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Federal Point Methodist Church Cemetery
    Dow Road, Carolina Beach
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Flemington Burying Grounds
    Flemington Drive off of Hwy 17/421
      
Google Map

Foy Family Cemetery
    Market Street, North of Porters Neck Road

Freeman Cemetery at Bowen's Chapel AME Zion Church
    5826 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington NC 28412

Futch Family Cemetery
    Hwy 17, Ogden
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Galloway Cemetery
       
Historical Records Survey, Tombstone Transcription Project from 1937

Grant Family Cemetery
    Oleander Drive, by Bradley Creek Bridge
    (A housing development was built over the cemetery; the cemetery no longer exists)
      
  Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Greenlawn Memorial Park
    1311 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington NC 28412
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Hanks Chapel Cemetery
    6562 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington NC 28412

Hansley-Casteen Family Cemetery
    West bank of Sturgeon Creek, 200 yards north of railroad;
    near Ideal Cement Road, Castle Hayne

Hewlett-Pound Cemetery
    Cape Fear Country Club golf course, 14th tee
    118 Country Club Road, Wilmington NC 28403
      
Google Map

Dr Nathaniel Hill Cemetery
    (Old Rocky Road Plantation on Prince George's Creek;
    interred here are the Eagles for whom Eagles Island was named)
    3725 Marathon Avenue, Castle Hayne
      
Google Map

Hollis Family Cemetery
    207 Friendly Lane, Wilmington; behind residence
      
Google Map

Holt Family Cemetery
    Middle Sound Loop Road, Ogden
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Horne Family Cemetery
    Antoinette Drive, Wilmington
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Horton Family Cemetery
    I-40 and Gordon Road, Wilmington
      
Google Map

James Family Cemetery
    142 Rice Road, Wilmington
      
Google Map

Johnson Family Cemetery
    Shannon Drive, Masonboro
       
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
       Online Transcription

Lofton-Nixon Cemetery
    Landis Farm Road, Wilmington
      
Google Map

Maides Cemetery
    Maides Park, Manly Avenue, Wilmington
      
Google Map
      
History of cemetery in the treeline near Maides Park (article)
       MyReporter.com article on Maides Cemetery

Masonboro Baptist Church Cemetery
    AKA John Hewlett Cemetery
    AKA Hewlett Burying Grounds
    1501 Beasly Road, Wilmington NC 28409
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Moore Cemetery
    Rockhill Road, Castle Hayne
      
Google Maps

Motte Cemetery
    On Pembroke Jones property

Mount Ararat AME Church Cemetery
    7061 Market Street, Wilmington NC 28411
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Online Transcription

Mount Lebanon Chapel Cemetery
    AKA Giles Cemetery
    Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie Road, Wilmington NC 28403
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Murphy Family Cemetery
    2200 block of Market Street
    (An apartment complex was built over the cemetery; the cemetery no longer exists)

Murray Cemetery
    6104 Murrayville Road, Wilmington
      
Google Map

Newton Graveyard and Homesite
    Dow Road, Carolina Beach
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Online Transcription

Oakdale Cemetery
    520 North 15th Street, Wilmington NC
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Online Burial Database

Oak Grove Cemetery
    Originally located on 16th Street, Wilmington
    Moved to Flemington site
      
County works to clean up homeless camp on 17th St (news article)

Old Nixon Cemetery
    Off Market Street, Kirkland
      
Google Map

Oleander Memorial Gardens
    306 Bradley Drive, Wilmington NC 28409
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Park View Cemetery
    AKA Winter Park Cemetery
    Dixie Avenue, Winter Park
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Pepper Family Cemetery
    Masonboro Sound; 1000 feet north of Whiskey Creek in the woods

Pine Forest Cemetery
    Northern end of 16th Street, Wilmington
       
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
  'Forgotten' graves discovered at Pine Forest Cemetery (news article)

Piner Family Cemetery
    Piner Road, Wilmington
      
Google Map

Pollocks Cemetery
    Hwy 17, Ogden
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Prospect Cemetery
    Prospect Cemetery Road
   
    Find A Grave Listing of Interments
       
Development could threaten Prospect Church Cemetery (news article)

Quince Family Cemetery
    Castle Hayne Road
      
Online Transcription

Rogers Family Cemetery
    Peden Point Road
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Online Transcription

Rose Hill Plantation Cemetery
    Chair Road, Castle Hayne
      
Google Map
      
GE Hitachi marks site of Rose Hill Plantation Cemetery (news article)

Rue Family Cemetery
    off of Hwy 76

Saint Andrews on the Sound Church Cemetery
    101 Airlie Road, corner of Airlie Road and Oleander Drive
      
Find A Grave Listing of Cemeteries

St James Episcopal Church Cemetery
    25 South Third Street, Wilmington

St Phillips Church Cemetery
    Acorn Branch Road, Wilmington
       
Google Map

St Stanislaus Catholic Church Cemetery
    489 Castle Hayne Road, Castle Hayne
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Schonwald Family Cemetery
    Beside Piner Graveyard on Piner Road
      
Google Map

Seagate Cemetery
    52nd Street, Wilmington NC
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Shearin-Blossom Cemetery
    Blossom Ferry Road, Castle Hayne
      
Google Map

Shoulder Branch Cemetery
    Holly Shelter Road, Castle Hayne
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Stubbs-Benson-Todd Cemetery
    Cape Fear Country Club golf course, Wilmington
      
Google Map

Taylor-Southerland Family Cemetery
    South Watch Drive, Myrtle Grove
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Ward Cemetery
    Behind 1001-1007 Bay Creek Drive; Eastwood Village Subdivision
      
Google Map
      
Online Transcription
      
Web Page with Photos

West Family Cemetery
    Oakley Road, Castle Hayne
      
Google Map

Williams Family Cemetery
    Williams Road, Wilmington
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Online Transcription

Wilmington National Cemetery
    2011 Market Street, Wilmington NC 28403
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments
      
Wilmington National Cemetery gets makover (news article)

Winner Family Cemetery
    Carolina Beach Road, Carolina Beach
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Wood Family Cemetery
    Sidbury Road, Castle Hayne
      
Google Map

Woolvin-Burnett Cemetery
    Brandywine Circle, Wilmington
       
Google Map
      
Online Transcription

Wrightsboro Baptist Church Cemetery
    Castle Hayne Road and Holland Drive, Wilmington
      
Find A Grave Listing of Interments

Zion Chapel Cemetery
    Greenville Loop Road, Wilmington
      
Google Map
      
Online Transcription






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