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A visit to the Baker Cemetery ...


We aren't confident of the location of the Baker Cemetery, so consider the above location as an estimate.<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Baker Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Baker Cemetery has been estimated.

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Baker Cemetery

Lat:   36.5135°   (36° 30' 48")

Lon:   -84.3505°   (-84° 21' 1")

The Baker Cemetery is located in Scott County<2>.

The county seat for Scott County is located in Huntsville. Huntsville lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Baker Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Baker Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Tennessee:
  • Pages specific to Scott County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Baker Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Baker Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Baker Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Stanfill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
      • Stanfill is located in Campbell County
    • Elk Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
      • Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
    • Winfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Isham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
      • Isham is located in Scott County
    • State Line
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
      • State Line is located in Scott County
    • Strunk
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strunk have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
      • Strunk is located in McCreary County (KY)
    • Straight Fork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork
      • Straight Fork is located in Scott County
    • West Oneida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
      • West Oneida is located in Scott County
    • Oneida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Huntsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Winona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
      • Winona is located in Scott County
    • Pine Knot
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Continue List   (13 more) ...
      • Ayers
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
        • Ayers is located in Whitley County (KY)
      • Verdun
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
        • Verdun is located in Scott County
      • Helenwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Norma
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
        • Norma is located in Scott County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
      • Montgomery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
        • Montgomery is located in Scott County
      • Foster Crossroads
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
        • Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County
      • Jellico
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Revelo
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Revelo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
        • Revelo is located in McCreary County (KY)
      • New River
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
        • New River is located in Scott County
      • Caryville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caryville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
        • Caryville is located in Campbell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caryville <4>
      • Stearns
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stearns have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stearns
        • Stearns is located in McCreary County (KY)
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stearns <4>
      • Fairview
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • Fairview is located in Whitley County (KY)
      • Red Ash
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Ash have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
        • Red Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)

    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 Baker Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Scott County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Baker Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Baker Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Baker Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Adkins Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • The Adkins Cemetery is located in Scott County
      • The Adkins Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Sterling Adkins Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adkins Cemetery
    • Cross Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • The Cross Cemetery is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cross Cemetery
    • Trammel Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Trammel Memorial Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stanley Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stanley Cemetery is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanley Cemetery
    • Owens Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The Owens Cemetery is located in Scott County
      • The Owens Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Owens - Posey Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owens Cemetery
    • Lloyd Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The Lloyd Cemetery is located in Scott County
      • The Lloyd Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Cross Cemetery
      • Smith Creek Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lloyd Cemetery
    • Lawson Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ryan Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • The Ryan Cemetery is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ryan Cemetery
    • Duncan Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Duncan Cemetery is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duncan Cemetery
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wilson Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • The Wilson Cemetery is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
    • Perkins Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Continue List   (14 more) ...
      • Chitwood Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Walker Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • The Walker Cemetery is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
      • Acres Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Phillips Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cross Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • The Cross Cemetery is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cross Cemetery
      • Stanfield Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Stanfield Cemetery is located in Campbell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanfield Cemetery
      • Lay Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lay Cemetery is located in Campbell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lay Cemetery
      • Baird Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • The Baird Cemetery is located in Campbell County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Baird Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Elk Valley.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baird Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8823 <7>
      • Valley View Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • The Valley View Cemetery is located in Campbell County
        • The Valley View Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Elk Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19667 <7>
      • Baird Creek Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Baird Creek Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
        • The Baird Creek Cemetery is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baird Creek Cemetery
      • Blankenship Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Trammel Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Angel Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Angel Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
        • The Angel Cemetery is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Angel Cemetery
      • Angel / Wright Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Angel / Wright Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
        • The Angel / Wright Cemetery is located in Scott County
        • The Angel / Wright Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Wright Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Angel / Wright Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20627 <7>

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Baker Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1276167  (Baker Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1276167 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Ketchen
      • County: Scott         Elev: 637
      • Location given for GNIS #1276167 (Baker Cemetery)

    The official website for Scott County: www.scottcounty.com/

    The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Baker Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5135, Longitude: -84.3505       In this case, the coordinates for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <7>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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