A visit to the Childress 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 Childress Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Childress Cemetery:
36.5504, -82.5238
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Childress Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Childress Cemetery is located in Sullivan County<2>.
The county seat for Sullivan County is located in Blountville. Blountville lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of the Childress 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 Childress Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Childress Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dichner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Dichner Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dichner Cemetery
- Neil Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Neil Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neil Cemetery
- Stuffle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Stuffle Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuffle Cemetery
- Kennedy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Cemetery
- Groseclose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Groseclose Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groseclose Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Sevier Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Light Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Light Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Cemetery
- Conkin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Conkin Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkin Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Pyles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Pyles Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyles Cemetery
- Gardner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Gardner Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner Cemetery
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- Howard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Kingsport Cemetery
- Cloud Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Cloud Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Cemetery
- Pierce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pierce Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Cemetery
- Owens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- Fish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Fish Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Cemetery
- Chase Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Chase Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- Horn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Horn Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Cemetery
- East Lawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gaines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Gaines Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Childress Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Childress Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Horace ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
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- Kingsport
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Borden Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Cherokee Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Beechwood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Orebank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Bloomingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Morrison City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Colonial Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beartown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Rock City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Greenvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Rotherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Fordtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Frisco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Mount Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Spurgeon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Colby ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Sac ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sac is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
- Block City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Green Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Gray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thom ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom
- Mill Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mill Point is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
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 Childress Cemetery. The following communities are located in Sullivan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Childress Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Childress Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Sullivan 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 Childress Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1280458 (Childress Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1280458 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: Sullivan
- Est. Elev: 371 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kingsport
- Location given for Childress Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.5503791 Lon: -82.5237614
- 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 Sullivan, 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 from Point A (ie- Childress 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. |