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:
35.0773, -87.9209
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 Wayne County<2>.
The county seat for Wayne County is located in Waynesboro. Waynesboro lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the north northeast 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 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Gean Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gean Cemetery
- McFalls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The McFalls Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFalls Cemetery
- Stout Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stout Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout Cemetery
- Old Dodd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Old Dodd Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dodd Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Stribling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Stribling Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling Cemetery
- Lutts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Lutts Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutts Cemetery
- Centenary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Centenary Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary Cemetery
- Powell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Powell Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Cemetery
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
- Stribling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Stribling Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling Cemetery
- Greeson Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Sinclair Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Sinclair Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair Cemetery
- Whites Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Whites Creek Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Creek Cemetery
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Baptist Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Baptist Cemetery
- Francis - King - Lucas Public Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Francis - King - Lucas Public Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis - King - Lucas Public Cemetery
- The Francis - King - Lucas Public Cemetery has also been known as:
- Francis - King - Lucas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22872 <5>
- Old Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Balentine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Balentine Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balentine Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Old Hayes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Hayes Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hayes Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Beavers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Beavers Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavers Cemetery
- Copeland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Copeland Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland Cemetery
- Lawson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Lawson Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 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:
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Cypress Inn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Threet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Lowryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Cloverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Collinwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Bruton Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Riverton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Zip City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Short
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- McGee Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Pruitton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Pyburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Jacksonburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Iron City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Waynesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
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 Wayne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Brown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Wayne 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 #1305439 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1305439 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: Wayne
- Est. Elev: 268 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ransom Stand
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.077305 Lon: -87.9208633
- 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 Wayne, 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- 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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