Cemetery

Nails Creek Cemetery

Homer · Banks County

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The Story

Nails Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, in the Jewelville community near Homer, is the largest cemetery documented in Banks County, with more than 1,000 recorded graves. Its long history has generated the county's heaviest volume of photo requests from descendants tracing local families.

About this site

Nails Creek Cemetery is a cemetery in Homer, Banks County. It is one of 44 cemeteries documented in Banks County, among 61 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.3726, -83.4048 near Homer. The nearest cataloged historic site is Nails Creek Baptist Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Chambers, William, House, Mount Olive Cemetery, and Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Nails Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, in the Jewelville community near Homer, is the largest cemetery documented in Banks County, with more than 1,000 recorded graves. Its long history has generated the county's heaviest volume of photo requests from descendants tracing local families.

Sources: findagrave.com

📍 34.3726, -83.4048 · Homer, Banks County
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