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:
36.0790, -83.9155
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 Knox County<2>.
The county seat for Knox County is located in Knoxville. Knoxville lies just to the south of the Brown Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McCloud Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The McCloud Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCloud Cemetery
- Mynatt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Mynatt Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mynatt Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thomas Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Thomas Hall Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Hall Cemetery
- The Thomas Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hall Cemetery
- Bowling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Bowling Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Cemetery
- Tindell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Tindell Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindell Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Bayless Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Bayless Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayless Cemetery
- Spitzer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Spitzer Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spitzer Cemetery
- Greenfield Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wallace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- Anderson - Gouffon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Luttrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Luttrell Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell Cemetery
- Coupland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Coupland Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coupland Cemetery
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Weaver Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Cemetery
- Webb Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Nelson Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Knoxville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12650 <5>
- Murphy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Tindell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Tindell Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindell Cemetery
- Major Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Major Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major Cemetery
- Bright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bright Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Cemetery
- Cline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Cline Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cline Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Halls
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Halls is located in Knox County
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- Murphy Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Murphy Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
- Fountain City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fountain City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Greenway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Beverly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beverly is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Maloneyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maloneyville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maloneyville
- Dante
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dante is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- John Sevier
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- John Sevier is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Sevier
- Sentertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sentertown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentertown
- Park City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Park City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Powell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- McMillan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McMillan is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
- Paulette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Panther ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Panther is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Heiskell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Skaggston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Skaggston is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggston
- Gabe ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gabe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Marble City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marble City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Wooddale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wooddale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Highpoint ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Highpoint is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Mascot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mascot is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
- Corryton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Whites Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Whites Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
- Andersonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 472 people
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. The following communities are located in Knox County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Fountain City
- Knoxville
- Mascot
- Powell
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Knox 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 #1278551 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1278551 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: Knox
- Est. Elev: 311 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fountain City
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.0789705 Lon: -83.9154644
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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 Knox, 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 obstructions 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. |
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