Old Beck Cemetery

Old Beck Cemetery is a cemetery in Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina. Old Beck Cemetery is situated nearby to the hamlet Ravensford.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oconaluftee Baptist Church and Mountain Farm Museum.

Oconaluftee Baptist Church

Church

Photo: W lemay, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Oconaluftee Baptist Church, also known as the Smokemont Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Cherokee, North Carolina. Oconaluftee Baptist Church is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Old Beck Cemetery.

Mountain Farm Museum

Museum

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mountain Farm Museum is situated 2½ miles south of Old Beck Cemetery.

Oconaluftee Visitor Center

Tourism office

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Oconaluftee Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 2½ miles south of Old Beck Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ravensford and Cherokee.

Ravensford is an unincorporated community in Swain County, Western North Carolina. This is within the traditional homeland of the Cherokee people. In a survey and excavation project in the early 21st century, part of the community was found to have archeological resources that were thousands of years old, in addition to more recent historic materials related to the Cherokee people. Ravensford is situated 3 miles south of Old Beck Cemetery.

Cherokee

Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cherokee is a town in the North Carolina Mountains within the Qualla Boundary, the proper name of the Cherokee Indian reserve.

Old Beck Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Also known as: “Husky Cemetery”
Category: burial
Location: Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.54578° or 35° 32′ 45″ north

Longitude

-83.30119° or 83° 18′ 4″ west

Elevation

2,290 feet (698 metres)

Open location code

867RGMWX+8G

GeoNames ID

4472464

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