A visit to the Coffey 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 Coffey Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Coffey Cemetery:
36.4101, -83.5752
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Coffey Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Coffey Cemetery is located in Claiborne County<2>.
The county seat for Claiborne County is located in Tazewell. Tazewell lies just to the north of the Coffey Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Coffey Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 33 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Coffey Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Coffey Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Greer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Cardwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Cardwell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Cemetery
- Leabow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Leabow Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leabow Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Days Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Days Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Cemetery
- Evans Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Evans Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
- Breeding Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Breeding Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeding Cemetery
- Hyberry Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oakes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Oakes Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Cemetery
- Hoge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hoge Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge Cemetery
- Brewster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Brewster Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Cemetery
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Thompsons Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vannoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Vannoy Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vannoy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Lone Mountain.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19692 <5>
- Janeway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Janeway Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeway Cemetery
- Rosenbalm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Rosenbalm Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenbalm Cemetery
- Laster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Laster Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laster Cemetery
- Irish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Irish Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Cemetery
- Minton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Minton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Cemetery
- Minton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Minton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Cemetery
- Meyers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Meyers Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Cemetery
- Phelps Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Phelps Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Atkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Atkins Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins Cemetery
- Yoakum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Yoakum Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoakum Cemetery
- Arnwine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Arnwine Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnwine Cemetery
- Bunch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bunch Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunch Cemetery
- Janeway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Janeway Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeway Cemetery
- West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The West Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
- Hodges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hodges Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Love Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Love Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Coffey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Coffey Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lone Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Springdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- New Tazewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tazewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Head of Barren
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Raven Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Sandlick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Big Barren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
- Caney Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Washburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Goin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Rutledge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thorn Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Lulaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Bowen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Joppa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Joppa is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Shawanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- Harrogate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Coffey Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Claiborne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Coffey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bean Station
- Cumberland Gap
- Middlesboro
- New Tazewell
- Rutledge
- Tazewell
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 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 Coffey Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Claiborne 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 Coffey Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1280868 (Coffey Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1280868 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: Claiborne
- Est. Elev: 411 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tazewell
- Location given for Coffey Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4100838 Lon: -83.5751847
- 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 Claiborne, 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- Coffey 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. |
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