A visit to the College 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 College Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the College Cemetery:
35.7493, -83.9613
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the College Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The College Cemetery is located in Blount County<2>.
The county seat for Blount County is located in Maryville. Maryville lies just to the northwest of the College Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the College Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the College Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from College Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Pecks Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Pecks Chapel Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Chapel Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Cedar Lawn Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lawn Cemetery
- Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Cemetery
- Simerly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Simerly Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simerly Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Wilder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilder Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder Cemetery
- East Maryville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- The Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- Russels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Russels Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Cemetery
- The Russels Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maryville Baptist Tabernacle Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- McGinley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The McGinley Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGinley Cemetery
- Armona Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Armona Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armona Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Armona Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Armona Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8683 <5>
- Laurel Bank Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Laurel Bank Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bank Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Laurel Bank Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Laurel Bank Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14527 <5>
- Dotson Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hamil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hamil Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamil Cemetery
- Old Piney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Old Piney Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Piney Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Piney Level Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Piney Level Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Level Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Centennial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Centennial Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Cemetery
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Lebanon Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
- Old Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Clarks Grove Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Grove Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the College Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from College Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Maryville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chelsey Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Eagleton Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
- Alcoa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Seaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Rockford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Sixmile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Wildwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Big Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Binfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Binfield is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bonny Kate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Arrowhead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Arrowhead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Friendsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Brick Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Ebenezer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Kiser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Jena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Townsend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Greenback
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chilhowee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Red Bank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Shooks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Whites Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whites Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Boyd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
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 College Cemetery. The following communities are located in Blount County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The College 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 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 College Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Blount 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 College Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1306037 (College Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1306037 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: Blount
- Est. Elev: 297 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Blockhouse
- Location given for College Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.7492499 Lon: -83.9612921
- 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 Blount, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- College 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. |