A visit to the Dockery 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 Dockery Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dockery Cemetery:
35.8682, -82.7835
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Dockery Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Dockery Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Marshall. Marshall lies just to the southeast of the Dockery Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Dockery Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dockery Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fortner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Fortner Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortner Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goldsmith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Goldsmith Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith Cemetery
- McDevitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The McDevitt Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDevitt Cemetery
- Gahagan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Gahagan Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahagan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gahagan Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Walnut.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47433 <5>
- George W. Gahagan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The George W. Gahagan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George W. Gahagan
- To give a relative sense of its location, the George W. Gahagan is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Walnut.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2483532 <5>
- Wallin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Wallin Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin Cemetery
- Goforth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Goforth Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth Cemetery
- Gahagan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Gahagan Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahagan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gahagan Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Walnut.
- The Gahagan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Don Gahagan Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2483523 <5>
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- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Crooked Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Bullman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Bullman Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullman Cemetery
- Norton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Norton Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Cemetery
- Gosnell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gosnell Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gosnell Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Hurricane.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485994 <5>
- Wheeler Gosnell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gahagan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Gahagan Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahagan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gahagan Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Hot Springs.
- The Gahagan Cemetery has also been known as:
- William Wade Gahagan Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484308 <5>
- Griffey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Griffey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffey Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dockery Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dockery Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stackhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Walnut
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Hurricane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynch is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Allenstand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Rollins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Cutshalltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cutshalltown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
- Trust
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trust is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Wolf Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Foster Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Foster Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek
- Allegheny
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allegheny is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Cedar Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Nough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nough is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Sandymush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
- Sandymush has also been known as:
- Sandy Mush
- Mars Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Del Rio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tom Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
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 Dockery Cemetery. The following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dockery Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Dockery Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Dockery Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1010842 (Dockery Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1010842 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 684 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Spring Creek
- Location given for Dockery Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8681595 Lon: -82.7834742
- 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 North Carolina's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dockery 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. |
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