A visit to the Blankenship 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 Blankenship Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Blankenship Cemetery:
35.6662, -84.2419
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Blankenship Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Blankenship Cemetery is located in Loudon County<2>.
The county seat for Loudon County is located in Loudon. Loudon lies just to the northwest of the Blankenship Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Blankenship Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Blankenship Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Blankenship Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Coffman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Coffman Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Tipton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Tipton Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Cemetery
- Morganton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Morganton Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Cemetery
- Wadkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Wadkins Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadkins Cemetery
- McKelvey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The McKelvey Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKelvey Cemetery
- Douthit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Douthit Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthit Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Watts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Watts Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Cemetery
- Hickman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hickman Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman Cemetery
- Simpson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Simpson Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson Cemetery
- McKee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The McKee Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Clemmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Clemmer Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemmer Cemetery
- Wear Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Wear Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Cemetery
- Rollins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rollins Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins Cemetery
- Axley's Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Axley's Chapel Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axley's Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Axley's Chapel Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the south of Lenoir City.
- The Axley's Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Axley Cemetery
- Axley's Chapel UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8772 <5>
- McDonald Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The McDonald Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Robertson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Robertson Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Lutheran Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lutheran Cemetery
- Niles - McGhee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland 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 Blankenship Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Blankenship Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Morganton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Greenback
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Centersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Vonore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trigonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Jena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Kiser
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Brick Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Loudon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Friendsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Loudon City Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Binfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Binfield is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Lenoir City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Madisonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eaton Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Boyd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Sweetwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Acorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Cave Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
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 Blankenship Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Loudon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Blankenship Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Farragut
- Lenoir City
- Loudon
- Madisonville
- Sweetwater
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 websites either 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 Blankenship Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Loudon 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 Blankenship Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1277663 (Blankenship Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1277663 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: Loudon
- Est. Elev: 263 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Meadow
- Location given for Blankenship Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6661889 Lon: -84.2418615
- 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 Loudon, 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- Blankenship 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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