A visit to the Byrd 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 Byrd Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Byrd Cemetery:
36.5878, -88.0070
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Byrd Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Byrd Cemetery is located in Stewart County<2>.
The county seat for Stewart County is located in Dover. Dover lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southeast of the Byrd Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Byrd Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Byrd Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Vinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Vinson Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Marbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Marbury Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbury Cemetery
- Wallace Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Barrow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Barrow Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrow Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Wilkinson Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Hendon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hendon Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendon Cemetery
- Vinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Vinson Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Cemetery
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- Oak Level Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Oak Level Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level Cemetery
- Kimbro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Kimbro Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbro Cemetery
- Mallory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Mallory Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Cemetery
- Herndon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Herndon Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon Cemetery
- Hendon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hendon Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendon Cemetery
- Mathes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mathes Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathes Cemetery
- Boyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Dunlap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Dunlap Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap Cemetery
- Hill Top Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hill Top Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Pettit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pettit Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit 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 Byrd Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Byrd Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Snider
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- New Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bumpus Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- New Providence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Canton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Almo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Almo is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Legate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Murray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <5>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hazel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Conyersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Indian Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McKinnon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Dexter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Puryear
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Olive is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Hardin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cadiz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trigg Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Fairdealing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- India
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Faxon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- LaFayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kirksey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
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 Byrd 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 Byrd Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cadiz
- Dover
- Hardin
- LaFayette
- Murray
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 Byrd 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 Byrd Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1308805 (Byrd Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1308805 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: 114 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hamlin
- Location given for Byrd Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.5878303 Lon: -88.0069728
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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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Byrd 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. |