A visit to the Beech Hill 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 Beech Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Beech Hill Cemetery:
35.9381, -85.9967
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Beech Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Beech Hill Cemetery is located in Cannon County<2>.
The county seat for Cannon County is located in Woodbury. Woodbury lies just to the south southwest of the Beech Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Beech Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Beech Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Beech Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Cemetery
- Thomas Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Thomas Family Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Family Cemetery
- The Thomas Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thomas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2639298 <5>
- Fite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Fite Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fite Cemetery
- Hatley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hatley Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- The Anderson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cottage Home Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8626 <5>
- Snow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Snow Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Cemetery
- Frazier Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Cemetery
- Duggin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Duggin Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duggin Cemetery
- Odom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Odom Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odom Cemetery
- Brandon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Brandon Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Willard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Willard Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard Cemetery
- Grizzle - Gunter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fuson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Fuson Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuson Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Milligan Alexander Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bryson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bryson Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson Cemetery
- Duggin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Duggin Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duggin Cemetery
- Comer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Comer Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer Cemetery
- Melton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Melton Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melton Cemetery
- Keith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Braswell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Braswell Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell Cemetery
- The Braswell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dow Braswell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9647 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Beech Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Beech Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gassaway
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Youngblood ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Round Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Round Top is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Auburntown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Dowelltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alexandria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Statesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Statesville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bluewing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Temperance Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Readyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lucky
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Bear Branch ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Philippi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Philippi is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi
- Brush Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brush Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Burt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Watertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dibrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dibrell is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell
- Hickman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Cainsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
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 Beech Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cannon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Beech Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Auburntown
- Liberty
- Smithville
- Watertown
- Woodbury
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 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 Beech Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Cannon 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 Beech Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1276842 (Beech Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1276842 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: Cannon
- Est. Elev: 219 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gassaway
- Location given for Beech Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9381189 Lon: -85.9966554
- 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 Cannon, 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- Beech Hill 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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