A visit to the Benham - Hughes - Speer 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 Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery:
35.3820, -87.9564
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery is located in Wayne County<2>.
The county seat for Wayne County is located in Waynesboro. Waynesboro lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Benham - Hughes - Speer 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] of the Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Helton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Helton Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Evans Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Evans Chapel Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Newborn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Newborn Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Warrington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Warrington Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington Cemetery
- Nunnley Ford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Nunnley Ford Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnley Ford Cemetery
- Tucker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Lone Chestnut Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Lone Chestnut Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Chestnut Cemetery
- Clifton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Clifton Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Cemetery
- Lizard Glade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lizard Glade Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard Glade Cemetery
- Haggard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Haggard Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggard Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Elliott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Elliott Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
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- Dicus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dicus Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicus Cemetery
- Ryan Childs Grave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ryan Childs Grave is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Childs Grave
- Turnbo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Turnbo Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbo Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Grigg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Grigg Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigg Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Prater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Prater Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prater Cemetery
- Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Methodist Camp Ground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Carroll Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Clifton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Flatwoods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Dunbar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Waynesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Saltillo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Decaturville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sibley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- New Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Collinwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Scotts Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Savannah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lowryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Parsons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Voorhies
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Crump
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Reagan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
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 Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wayne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clifton
- Collinwood
- Decaturville
- Linden
- Linden lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Linden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Parsons
- Parsons lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Parsons.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Sardis
- Sardis lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sardis.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 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 Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery:
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- 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 Benham - Hughes - Speer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1641751 (Benham-Hughes-Speer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1641751 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: Wayne
- Est. Elev: 132 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clifton
- Location given for Benham-Hughes-Speer Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.3820199 Lon: -87.9564171
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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 Wayne, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Benham - Hughes - Speer 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |