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A visit to the Box Cemetery ...

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 Box Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Box Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

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

Lat:   36.1289°   (36° 7' 44")

Lon:   -87.9084°   (-87° 54' 30")

The Box Cemetery is located in Humphreys County<2>.

The county seat for Humphreys County is located in Waverly. Waverly lies just to the east southeast of the Box Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Box Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Old Farmer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Farmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Farmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Farmer Cemetery is located in Benton County
  • Turner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Turner Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
  • Turner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Turner Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
  • Smith Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smith Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holmes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holmes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Holmes Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
  • Phifer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phifer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phifer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Phifer Cemetery is located in Benton County
  • Farmer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Farmer Cemetery is located in Benton County
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rogers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rogers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rogers Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
  • Gatlin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gatlin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gatlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gatlin Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
  • McMurtrie Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMurtrie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMurtrie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McMurtrie Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
  • Union Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Union Chapel Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
  • Si Melton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Si Melton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Si Melton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Si Melton Cemetery is located in Benton County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Napier Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Napier Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Napier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Napier Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Marberry Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marberry Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Marberry Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Reeves Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reeves Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reeves Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Reeves Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Marberry Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marberry Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Marberry Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Marberry Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marberry Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Marberry Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • McCann Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCann Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McCann Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Hobbs Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hobbs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hobbs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hobbs Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Hemby Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hemby Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hemby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hemby Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Gwin Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gwin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gwin Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Scurlock Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scurlock Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scurlock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Scurlock Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • McKeel Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKeel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKeel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McKeel Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Latimer Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Latimer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Latimer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Latimer Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
    • Turner Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Turner Cemetery is located in Humphreys County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Box Cemetery.

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

  • Plant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
    • Plant is located in Humphreys County
  • Waverly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • New Johnsonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Johnsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Johnsonville
    • New Johnsonville is located in Humphreys County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,871 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Johnsonville <5>
  • Magnolia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Magnolia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Magnolia is located in Houston County
  • Hustburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
    • Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
  • Faxon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
    • Faxon is located in Benton County
  • Camden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bakerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
    • Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
  • Hurricane Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • McKinnon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McKinnon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
    • McKinnon is located in Houston County
  • Big Sandy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wildlife Cove Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildlife Cove Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildlife Cove Village
    • Wildlife Cove Village is located in Benton County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Tennessee Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
      • Sandy Point is located in Benton County
    • McEwen
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
      • McEwen is located in Humphreys County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McEwen <5>
    • Springville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Manleyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
      • Manleyville is located in Henry County
    • Coxburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coxburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
      • Coxburg is located in Benton County
    • Erin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
      • Erin is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erin <5>
    • Buffalo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buffalo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
      • Buffalo is located in Humphreys County

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 Box Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Humphreys County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Box Cemetery:

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 Box Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1278089  (Box Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1278089 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: Harmon Creek
    • County: Humphreys         Elev: 123
    • Location given for GNIS #1278089 (Box Cemetery)

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

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 Humphreys, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Box Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1289, Longitude: -87.9084       In this case, the coordinates for the Box Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.




 

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