A visit to the Black 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 Black Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Black Cemetery:
35.8837, -88.4612
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Black Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Black Cemetery is located in Carroll County<2>.
The county seat for Carroll County is located in Huntingdon. Huntingdon lies just to the north northeast of the Black Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Black Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Black Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Black Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Stanford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Palestine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Palestine Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Christian Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rosser Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosser Cemetery
- Sellers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Sellers Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leach Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Hart Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Cemetery
- Coffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Coffman Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Davis Chapel Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Chapel Cemetery
- Palmer Shelter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Giles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Giles Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Cemetery
- New Independence Full Gospel Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The New Independence Full Gospel Church Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Independence Full Gospel Church Cemetery
- The New Independence Full Gospel Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Independence Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The White Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Carters Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Furgerson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Furgerson Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furgerson Cemetery
- Woodard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Woodard Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Cemetery
- Morning Sun Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Morning Sun Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Pearson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Pearson Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson Cemetery
- Enochs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Enochs Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochs Cemetery
- Bar Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Bar Springs Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bar Springs 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 Black Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Black Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Anark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Clarksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Parkers Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Huntingdon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McLemoresville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Whitthorne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitthorne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitthorne
- Lavinia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Trezevant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wingo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Atwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Spring Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Hollow Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hico
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Claybrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Bruceton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Milan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sitka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sitka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
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 Black Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Carroll County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Black Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bruceton
- Huntingdon
- Lexington
- McKenzie
- Milan
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 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 Black Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Carroll 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 Black Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1277551 (Black Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1277551 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: Carroll
- Est. Elev: 191 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Palmer Shelter
- Location given for Black Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8836756 Lon: -88.4611621
- 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 Carroll, 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- Black 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |