A visit to the Comer 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 Comer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Comer Cemetery:
35.8562, -85.9425
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Comer Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Comer Cemetery is located in Cannon County<2>.
The county seat for Cannon County is located in Woodbury. Woodbury lies just to the west southwest of the Comer Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Comer Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Comer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Comer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Osment Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Osment Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osment Cemetery
- Melton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Melton Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melton Cemetery
- Good Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Good Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Cemetery
- Preston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Preston Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Cemetery
- Foster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Foster Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Cemetery
- Rigsby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Rigsby Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigsby Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rigsby Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Woodbury.
- The Rigsby Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cavender Branch Cemetery
- Neeley Cemetery
- Vinson Cemetery
- Cummings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cummings Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Cemetery
- Flatwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Flatwood Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood Cemetery
- Holders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Holders Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holders Cemetery
- Church of Christ at Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fuson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Fuson Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuson Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Snow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Snow Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Cemetery
- Thomas Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Thomas Family Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Family Cemetery
- The Thomas Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thomas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2639298 <5>
- Beech Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Beech Hill Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill Cemetery
- Willard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Willard Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard Cemetery
- Tucker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Womack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Womack Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Cemetery
- Griffith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Griffith Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith Cemetery
- Keith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Comer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Comer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Bluewing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Lucky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Gassaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Woodbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Youngblood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Daylight
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Dibrell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dibrell is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell
- Bear Branch ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bear Branch is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Centertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Dowelltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Auburntown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Round Top
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Round Top is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Burt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Trousdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Burgen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Philippi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Philippi is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi
- Readyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bradyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
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 Comer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cannon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Comer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Auburntown
- Liberty
- Smithville
- Woodbury
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Comer Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Cannon 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 Comer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1281037 (Comer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1281037 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: Cannon
- Est. Elev: 372 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Short Mountain
- Location given for Comer Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8561774 Lon: -85.9424874
- 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 Cannon, 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- Comer 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. |