A visit to the Brown 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 Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
36.2437, -87.7759
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brown Cemetery is located in Humphreys County<2>.
The county seat for Humphreys County is located in Waverly. Waverly lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south of the Brown Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brown Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Tune Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Tune Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tune Cemetery
- Traylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Traylor Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traylor Cemetery
- Triplett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Triplett Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett Cemetery
- Stockard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Stockard Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockard Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Tennessee Ridge.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9790 <5>
- Warden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Warden Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warden Cemetery
- Damesworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Damesworth Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damesworth Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- French Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The French Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- Buchanan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Summers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Summers Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Cemetery
- Busby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Busby Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Beecham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Beecham Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecham Cemetery
- Knight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Knight Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Cemetery
- Grice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Grice Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ridings Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridings Cemetery
- Cleghern Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cleghern Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleghern Cemetery
- Sinks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Sinks Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks Cemetery
- Batson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Batson Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson Cemetery
- McDonald Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The McDonald Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tennessee Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Erin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McKinnon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McEwen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Faxon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Omega ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Throckmorton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <6>
- Plant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tennessee City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Slayden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Big Sandy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hurricane Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Vanleer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Indian Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Johnsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Woods Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Bakerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Pond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Dunn Chapel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Legate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Springville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
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 Brown 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 Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bakerville
- Cumberland City
- Dover
- Erin
- McEwen
- Waverly
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 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Humphreys 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1278556 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1278556 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: Humphreys
- Est. Elev: 159 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Halls Creek
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2436676 Lon: -87.7758564
- 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 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 '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- Brown 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. |