A visit to the Bailey 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 Bailey Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bailey Cemetery:
35.4906, -88.0753
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bailey Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bailey Cemetery is located in Decatur County<2>.
The county seat for Decatur County is located in Decaturville. Decaturville lies just to the north northwest of the Bailey Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bailey Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Bailey Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bailey Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Luton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Luton Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luton Cemetery
- Ivey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Ivey Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey Cemetery
- Slater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Slater Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater Cemetery
- Mager Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mager Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mager Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Fisher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- Gates Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Gates Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Cemetery
- Johnston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Johnston Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Cemetery
- Ketton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ketton Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketton Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Channell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Channell Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channell Cemetery
- Boyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Boyer Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer Cemetery
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- Furnace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Furnace Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Adkisson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Adkisson Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkisson Cemetery
- Montgomery Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Montgomery Family Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Montgomery Family Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the south of Decaturville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2540786 <5>
- Lafferty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lafferty Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty Cemetery
- Red House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Red House Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House Cemetery
- Lafferty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Lafferty Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty Cemetery
- Culp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Culp Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Carmel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Decaturville.
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Carmel Church Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15917 <5>
- Wallace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Bailey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bailey Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dunbar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Decaturville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Saltillo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Cedar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Parsons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sardis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Chesterfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Linden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reagan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sibley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Jeannette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Milledgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- New Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Savannah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
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 Bailey Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Decatur County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bailey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clifton
- Decaturville
- Lexington
- Linden
- Parsons
- Sardis
- Savannah
- Scotts Hill
- Waynesboro
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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 Bailey Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Decatur 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 Bailey Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1276099 (Bailey Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1276099 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: Decatur
- Est. Elev: 156 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bath Springs
- Location given for Bailey Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.4906286 Lon: -88.0753097
- 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 Tennessee's counties, including Decatur, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bailey 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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