A visit to the Buchanan 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 Buchanan Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Buchanan Cemetery:
36.2981, -87.8003
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Buchanan Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Houston County<2>.
The county seat for Houston County is located in Erin. Erin lies just to the east northeast of the Buchanan Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Buchanan Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Buchanan Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Buchanan Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hansel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Hansel Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansel Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- 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>
- McDonald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The McDonald Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
- Beecham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Beecham Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecham Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Tune Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Tune Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tune Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- French Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The French Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Gray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Gray Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- McIntosh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The McIntosh Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Cemetery
- Weaks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Weaks Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaks Cemetery
- Summers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- The Busby Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby Cemetery
- Traylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Traylor Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traylor Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Burcham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Burcham Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burcham Cemetery
- Alsup Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Alsup Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsup Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Buchanan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Buchanan Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tennessee Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Erin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McKinnon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Faxon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Cumberland City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Throckmorton
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 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>
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Omega ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Indian Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Big Sandy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- McEwen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slayden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Legate
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Springville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Plant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Vanleer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oakwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Manleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- New Johnsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tennessee City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Woods Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Dotsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Bumpus Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
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 Buchanan Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Houston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Buchanan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cumberland City
- Dover
- Erin
- Erin lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Buchanan Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Erin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- McEwen
- Waverly
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 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 Buchanan Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Houston 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 Buchanan Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1278778 (Buchanan Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1278778 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: Houston
- Est. Elev: 201 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stewart
- Location given for Buchanan Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2981109 Lon: -87.8003015
- 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 Houston, 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- Buchanan 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. |