A visit to the Boyd 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 Boyd Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Boyd Cemetery:
36.1734, -85.7580
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Boyd Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Boyd Cemetery is located in Putnam County<2>.
The county seat for Putnam County is located in Cookeville. Cookeville lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east of the Boyd Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Boyd Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Boyd Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Boyd Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McKinley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The McKinley Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley Cemetery
- Jared Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Jared Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jared Cemetery
- Leftwich Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Leftwich Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Bockman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Bockman Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bockman Cemetery
- Maddux Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Maddux Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddux Cemetery
- Mathis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Mathis Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis Cemetery
- Whitaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Whitaker Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker Cemetery
- Stanton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Stanton Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton Cemetery
- Cowan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Cowan Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Maddux Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Maddux Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddux Cemetery
- Edmond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Edmond Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond Cemetery
- Elrod Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Elrod Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- Bartlett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Bartlett Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Cemetery
- Knight Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- Smellage Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nichols Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Nichols Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Cemetery
- Helms Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Helms Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helms Cemetery
- Bryant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Bryant Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Cemetery
- Marlow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Marlow Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow Cemetery
- Rodgers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Rodgers Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Boyd Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Boyd Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chestnut Mound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Mound is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Mound
- Boma
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Boma is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boma
- Baxter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nameless
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nameless is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
- Burton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burton is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Gordonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hickman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hickman is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Temperance Hall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Mayfield ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mayfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Boiling Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Ditty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ditty is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditty
- Carthage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Bluff Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
- Philippi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Philippi is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi
- Burgess
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burgess is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Rough Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rough Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Point
- South Carthage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Carthage is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Johnsons Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Johnsons Chapel is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Chapel
- Cookeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Defeated
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Defeated is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated
- Fanchers Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fanchers Mills is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanchers Mills
- Southtown Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Southtown Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village
- Gainesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brush Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brush Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Dowelltown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Peeled Chestnut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Peeled Chestnut is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Chestnut
- Macedonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Park Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Park Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Difficult
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Difficult is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
- Monoville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monoville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monoville
- Shaver Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shaver Town is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town
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 Boyd Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Putnam County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Boyd Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carthage
- Cookeville
- Gainesboro
- Smithville
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 helpful 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 Boyd Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Putnam 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 Boyd Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1278108 (Boyd Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1278108 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: Putnam
- Est. Elev: 233 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Buffalo Valley
- Location given for Boyd Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.1733932 Lon: -85.7580385
- 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 Putnam, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boyd 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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