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A visit to the Cooksey Cemetery ...


The location of the Cooksey Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Cooksey Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cooksey Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cooksey Cemetery

Lat:   36.2473°   (36° 14' 50")

Lon:   -87.5481°   (-87° 32' 53")

The Cooksey Cemetery is located in Houston County<2>.

The county seat for Houston County is located in Erin. Erin lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Cooksey Cemetery .

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 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 Cooksey Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Tennessee:
  • Pages specific to Houston County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Cooksey Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Cooksey Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cooksey Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Vanleer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Slayden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
      • Slayden is located in Dickson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
    • Woods Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
      • Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
    • Dunn Chapel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunn Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
      • Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
    • Erin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
      • Erin is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erin <4>
    • McEwen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
      • McEwen is located in Humphreys County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McEwen <4>
    • Tennessee City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tennessee City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
      • Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
    • Pond
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
      • Pond is located in Dickson County
    • Cumberland City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Louise
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
      • Louise is located in Montgomery County
    • Charlotte
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Stayton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
      • Stayton is located in Dickson County
    • Continue List   (10 more) ...
      • Throckmorton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
        • Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
      • McAllisters Crossroads
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McAllisters Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllisters Crossroads
        • McAllisters Crossroads is located in Montgomery County
      • Tennessee Ridge
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Dickson
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • White Oak Flat
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
        • White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
      • Southside
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Liverworth
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
        • Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
      • Dotsonville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
        • Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
      • Waverly
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Magnolia
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
        • Magnolia is located in Houston County

    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 Cooksey Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Houston County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cooksey Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Cooksey Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cooksey Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Bethany Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bethany Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
    • Potter Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Potter Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potter Cemetery
    • Skelton Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skelton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Skelton Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skelton Cemetery
    • Adkins Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Adkins Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adkins Cemetery
    • Jones Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jones Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Patty Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Patty Cemetery is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patty Cemetery
    • Nichols Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nichols Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Nichols Cemetery is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nichols Cemetery
    • Ragan Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ragan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ragan Cemetery is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ragan Cemetery
    • Dickson Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dickson Cemetery is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickson Cemetery
    • Allbright Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allbright Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Allbright Cemetery is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allbright Cemetery
    • Averitt Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Averitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Averitt Cemetery is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Averitt Cemetery
    • Balthrop Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Balthrop Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Balthrop Cemetery is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Balthrop Cemetery
    • Continue List   (14 more) ...
      • Adams - Nesbitt Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Nesbitt Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nesbitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Nesbitt Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nesbitt Cemetery
      • Dickson Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Dickson Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickson Cemetery
      • Lillys Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lillys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lillys Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lillys Cemetery
      • Schmittou Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schmittou Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Schmittou Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schmittou Cemetery
      • Robertson Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robertson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Robertson Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robertson Cemetery
      • Vanhook Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vanhook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Vanhook Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vanhook Cemetery
      • Edgewood Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • The Edgewood Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • The Edgewood Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Edgewood UMC Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edgewood Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11649 <6>
      • Bull Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bull Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Bull Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bull Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Vanleer.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bull Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9924 <6>
      • Walker Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Walker Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
      • Nichols Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nichols Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Nichols Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nichols Cemetery
      • Thomas Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Thomas Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Cemetery
      • Parrott Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parrott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Parrott Cemetery is located in Dickson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parrott Cemetery
      • Schmittou Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Cooksey Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1281138  (Cooksey Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1281138 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Ruskin
      • County: Houston         Elev: 160
      • Location given for GNIS #1281138 (Cooksey Cemetery)

    The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

    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 Houston, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Cooksey Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2473, Longitude: -87.5481       In this case, the coordinates for the Cooksey Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>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.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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