A visit to the Burcham 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 Burcham Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Burcham Cemetery:
36.3545, -87.7856
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Burcham Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Burcham Cemetery is located in Stewart County<2>.
The county seat for Stewart County is located in Dover. Dover lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Burcham Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Burcham Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Burcham Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Burcham Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McIntosh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The McIntosh Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Cemetery
- Gray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Gray Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Cemetery
- Winters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Winters Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Weaks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Weaks Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaks Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Hansel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hansel Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansel Cemetery
- Buchanan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Beecham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Beecham Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecham Cemetery
- Lowery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lowery Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowery Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Hart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hart Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Sexton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Sexton Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton Cemetery
- McDonald Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The McDonald Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
- McMillian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The McMillian Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillian Cemetery
- Carlisle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Carlisle Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle 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 Burcham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Burcham Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tennessee Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Erin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McKinnon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Cumberland City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 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 <5>
- Throckmorton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Indian Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Faxon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Legate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Omega ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Oakwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Bumpus Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Big Sandy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- McEwen
(18 miles [29 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
- Dotsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Snider
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Vanleer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Springville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- 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
- Louise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- 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 Burcham Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Stewart County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Burcham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cumberland City
- Dover
- Dover lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Burcham Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dover.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Erin
- Erin lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Burcham 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Burcham Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Stewart 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 Burcham Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1279021 (Burcham Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1279021 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: Stewart
- Est. Elev: 187 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stewart
- Location given for Burcham Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.3544983 Lon: -87.7855781
- 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 Stewart, 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' (or 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- Burcham 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |