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A visit to the Buford Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Buford Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Buford Cemetery (FG ID #9922)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Buford Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Buford Cemetery has been estimated.<2>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Buford Cemetery

Lat:   35.7419°   (35° 44' 30")

Lon:   -86.8876°   (-86° 53' 15")

The cemetery is located in Maury County<3>.

As an estimate, the Buford Cemetery is located in Spring Hill.

The county seat for Maury County is located in Columbia. Columbia lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the southwest of the Buford Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Buford Cemetery.<5>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Buford Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Walton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Walton Cemetery is located in Williamson County
  • Wells Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wells Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wells Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wells Cemetery is located in Williamson County
  • New Town Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Town Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The New Town Cemetery is located in Williamson County
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wells Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wells Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wells Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • The Wells Cemetery is located in Maury County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wells Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Spring Hill.
    • The Wells Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Benjamin Watkins Cemetery
    • Watkins Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2412359 <1>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to the Wells Cemetery
    • From the Buford Cemetery to the Wells Cemetery
  • Caldwell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Blair McMahon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Childress Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Childress Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Childress Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Childress Cemetery is located in Maury County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Childress Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the northwest of Spring Hill.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10480 <1>
  • Wade Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wade Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wade Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wade Cemetery is located in Williamson County
  • Pointer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pointer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pointer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pointer Cemetery is located in Williamson County
  • Nicholson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nicholson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nicholson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Nicholson Cemetery is located in Williamson County
  • Nicholson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nicholson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nicholson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Nicholson Cemetery is located in Williamson County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the Buford Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Buford Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Buford Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Maury County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Buford Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Buford Cemetery:

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 Buford Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1278927  (Buford Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1278927 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Carters Creek
    • County: Maury         Elev: 226
    • Location given for GNIS #1278927 (Buford Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #9922

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Maury, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Buford Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7419, Longitude: -86.8876       In this case, the coordinates for the Buford Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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