Wake County, North Carolina, United States

Details for Wake County

Name

Wake County

Place Type

County

Located in

North Carolina, United States

County Seat

Raleigh

Coordinates

Latitude		35.7834848		35° 47' 00.5" N
Longitude		-78.6330588		78° 37' 59" W

Population

423,380

Elevation

94 m

Surrounding Counties

Franklin NE
Nash E
Johnston SE
Harnett SW
Lee SW
Chatham W
Durham NW
Granville N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1008592

Histopolis Place ID

877404414

Updated Jan 5

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Genealogy Resources for Wake County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

The Political Graveyard: Wake County, N.C. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Wake County, NC Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/wake/wakecemeteries.htm (7 Jul 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > Wake County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > Wake County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NC/Wake/ (5 Dec 2009)

Wake County, North Carolina Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Wake County, North Carolina
http://www.interment.net/us/nc/wake.htm (16 May 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > Wake County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > Wake County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NC/Wake/cem/ (8 Jan 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Wake County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=19725&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (13 Jan 2009)

Wake County, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina (22 Aug 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1742 (12 Sep 2009)

Wake County, North Carolina NC, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Wake County, North Carolina NC, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19725 (19 Nov 2008)

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Townships of Wake County

20 Townships

Bartons Creek	Buckhorn	Cary	Cedar Fork
Holly Springs	House Creek	Leesville	Little River
Marks Creek	Meredith	Middle Creek	Neuse
New Light	Panther Branch	Raleigh	Saint Marys
Saint Matthews	Swift Creek	Wake Forest	White Oak

Cities of Wake County

1 City, 11 Towns, 326 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
All Star Mobile Home Park	Anderson Heights	Angelview	Apex (town)
Arrowood	Asbury	Ashley Park	Auburn
B
Bainbridge	Banks	Barclay Downs	Barham
Barnes (historical u.p.)	Bayleaf	Beacon Lake	Beckana
Beechtree	Bellevue Terrace	Biltmore Hills	Birchwood Hills Estates
Blackhawk	Bonsal	Boushell (historical u.p.)	Boylan Heights
Brandermill	Brentwood	Brentwood Village	Briarcliff
Brookhaven	Brookstone	Budleigh	Burtrose
C
Cambridge Forest	Cameron Park	Candero	Caraleigh
Cardenas (historical u.p.)	Carolina Pines	Carpenter	Carrington Woods
Cary (town)	Castlebrook Estates	Cedar Creek	Cedar Hill
Cedar Hills Estates	Chestnut Hills	Chippenhaven Square	Churchill Downs
Clairmont	Claybourne	Clegg	Cloverdale
Cobblestone	Colewood Acres	Coley Forest	Coley Lakes
Colonial Heights	Country Club Hills	Country Club Houses	Country Club View
Country Life Estates
D
Damont Hills	Deblyn Park	Deerfield	Drewry Hills
Dublin Woods	Dunhaven by the Lake	Dutchess Village
E
Eagle Chase	Eagle Rock	East Parkland	Eastgate
Eastwood	Echo Heights	Eden Forest	Edencroft
Edgehill Farms	Edgewood	El Camino Estates	Emerald Village
F
Fairfax Hills	Fairmont	Fairview Acres	Fairview Hills
Fairway Acres	Falls	Falls Church	Farmington Woods
Farrior Hills	Feltonville	Five Points	Forest Hills
Forest Landing	Forestville	Fowlers Crossroads	Fox Haven
Fox Run	Foxcroft	Friendship	Fuquay-Varina (town)
G
Garner (town)	Garner Mobile Estates	Georgetown	Glen Eden
Glen Forest	Glenwood Village	Golden Forest	Green Acres
Green Level	Green Springs Mobile Park	Greenbrier Estates	Greenwood Acres
Greenwood Farms
H
Hayes Barton	Hazelwood	Hearthstone	Hearthstone Farms
Heather Hills	Heatherbrook	Heatheridge	Hertford Village
Hickory Hills	Hickory Hollow	Hickory Meadows	Highland Park
Hillandale	Hillsdale Forest	Hinton	Holland
Hollemans Crossroads	Holly Lakes	Holly Springs (town)	Home Acres
Homestead Estates	Hopedale	Hopkins	Hunters Creek West
I
Indian Hills	Indian Trail	Irongate (Cary, Cary Township)	Irongate (White Oak Township)
Isle Forest	Ivy Meadows
J
Juniper	Justice Heights
K
Kenmore	Kennebec	Kent Garden	Kilarney Woods
Kildaire Farms	Knightdale (town)	Knollwood
L
Lake Anne	Lake Park	Lakemont	Lakeside
Lakestone	Lambshire Downs	Lassiter	Leesville
Legend Hills	Litchford Forest	Little Lake Hill	Lizard Lick
Lochaven	Lockwood	Longview	Lynndale Estates
Lynwood Estates
M
MacDonald Woods	Macedonia	MacGregor Downs	MacGregor Park
Macks Village	Malibu Valley	Maplewood	Maplewood Forest
Markwood	McCullers	McCullers Crossroads	Meadowbrook
Medfield	Medfield Estates	Meredith Townes	Meredith Woods
Method	Milburnie	Millbrook	Millbrook Estates
Morrisville (town)	Mount Pleasant	Mount Vernon
N
Neuse	Neuse Crossroads	New Hill	New Hope
New Hope Acres	New Light	North Haven	North Hills
North Hills Estates	North Hills Terrace	North Shore	Northclift
Northglen	Northside	Northwoods
O
Oak Forest Estates	Oakmount	Oakview	Oakwood Estates
Oberlin	Old Farm	Orchards	Oxxford Hunt
P
Parkland	Parkway	Pebblebrook	Pecan Acres
Pepperdyne	Pet Crossroads	Pickwick Village	Pine Hurst Park
Pinecrest Park	Pines of Brookhaven	Pineview Estates	Pineview Hills
Pinewood Acres	Piney Plains	Pirates Cove	Plantation Estates
The Ponderosa	Preston	Purnell
Q
Quail Hollow	Quail Meadow	Quail Ridge	Queen Pines
R
Rainbow Estates	Raleigh (city)	Ramblestone	Rangewood
Rhamkatte	Ridgeloch	Ridgewood	Riley Hill
Rivercrest	Riverview North	Rochester Heights	Rolesville (town)
Rolling Hills	Rollingwood	Rosemont Gardens	Royal Hills
Roylene Acres	Russell Hills
S
Sandy Plain	Savon Height	Scarsdale	School Acres
Sendero	Shangri-La Mobile Home Park	Sherwood Forest	Shotwell
Silverton	Six Forks	Six Forks	Six Forks Crossroads
Skycrest Village	Southgate	Stagecrest	Starmount
Stoneridge	Stoneybrook	Stony Brook North	Stony Hill
Stratford Park	Summerwinds	Summit Ridge	Sunnyside
Sunset Acres
T
Thompson (historical u.p.)	Tiffany Woods	Timberlake	Trappers Run
Twin Lakes Estates	Tysonville
U
Upchurch
V
Valley Estates	Van Story Hills	Village Gate	Village on the Green
W
Waco Heights	Wake Crossroads	Wake Forest (town)	Wakeview
Walden Woods	Walkers Crossroads	Walnut Hills	Walnut Ridge
Walnut Terrace	Washington Square	Waverly Place	Wayne Ridge
Wedgewood	Wellington Park	Wendell (town)	West Parkland
West Raleigh	Westchester	Western Park	Weston
Westover	Westpark Place	Whitaker Park	White Oak
White Oak Village	Wilbon	Wilders Grove	Williams Crossroads
Williamsborough	Williamsburg Manor	Will-O-Dean Acres	Willoughby Place
Willow Creek	Willow Springs	Wimbledon	Winter Park
Wishing Well	Woodbury Village	Woodcrest	The Woodlands
Woodridge	Woods Creek	Wyatt	Wynnewood
Y
Yorkshire Downs
Z
Zebulon (town)

Cemeteries of Wake County

40 Cemeteries, 2 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Bagwell	Carolina Biblical Gardens	Doub	Franklin
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens	Hill Crest	Hilliard	Jeridan
Jones	Macedonia	Mitchiner	Montlawn Memorial Park
Morgan	Mount Hope	Mount Olivet	Mt. Hope (*)
Mt. Olivet (*)	Oakwood	Patrick	Penny
Pet Rest Memorial Park	Pleasant Grove	Pleasant Hill	Raleigh Memorial Park
Raleigh National †	Rand (Panther Branch Township)	Rand (Saint Marys Township)	Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Rolesville	Sauls	Smith (Saint Marys Township)	Smith (Saint Matthews Township)
Sorrell	Stephens (Cary, Swift Creek Township)	Stephens (Middle Creek Township)	Stephenson
Thomas	Turner	Wakefield	Williams
Wilson	Womack

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