A visit to the Commons 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 Commons Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Commons Cemetery:
35.1873, -86.6492
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Commons Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Commons Cemetery is located in Lincoln County<2>.
The county seat for Lincoln County is located in Fayetteville. Fayetteville lies just to the east southeast of the Commons Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Commons Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Commons Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Martin - Chitwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Ramsey Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Cemetery
- Hamilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Dickey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Dickey Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey Cemetery
- Crawford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Crawford Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Cemetery
- Kent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Kent Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cemetery
- Childs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Childs Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cemetery
- Clarke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Clarke Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke Cemetery
- McLean Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The McLean Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean Cemetery
- Sullivan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sullivan Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Fayetteville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Fayetteville Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Gibson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Gibson Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- Crawford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Crawford Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Cemetery
- Porch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Porch Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porch Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Turney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Turney Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Lay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Lay Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lay Cemetery
- Browns Temple AME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Fullerton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fullerton Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton Cemetery
- Whitaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Whitaker Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker Cemetery
- Cowen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cowen Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowen Cemetery
- Buchanan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Gains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gains Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gains Cemetery
- Buchanan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- McCollum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The McCollum Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCollum Cemetery
- Derrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Derrick Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derrick Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Commons Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Commons Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Harms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Hughey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Pearl City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Elk Mill Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Molino
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Fayetteville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Camargo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Belleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Delina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Park City Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Park City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Dellrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Howell Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Frankewing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Talley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Wheelerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Corder Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Booneville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
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 Commons Cemetery. The following communities are located in Lincoln County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Commons 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 Commons Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Lincoln 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 Commons Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1281046 (Commons Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1281046 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: Lincoln
- Est. Elev: 217 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Boonshill
- Location given for Commons Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.1873029 Lon: -86.6491638
- 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 Lincoln, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Commons 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. |