A visit to the Crain Hill 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 Crain Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Crain Hill Cemetery:
35.7178, -85.5891
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Crain Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Crain Hill Cemetery is located in Van Buren County<2>.
The county seat for Van Buren County is located in Spencer. Spencer lies just to the east northeast of the Crain Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Crain Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Crain Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Crain Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Rocky Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The New Rocky Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rocky Cemetery
- Eureka Church of Christ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Boyd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Long Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Long Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Hillis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hillis Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis Cemetery
- Laurel Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Laurel Creek Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Cemetery
- The Laurel Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Laurel Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14530 <5>
- O'Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The O'Neal Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Champaign Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Champaign Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champaign Cemetery
- Campaign Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Creek Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- McGregor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The McGregor Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor Cemetery
- White Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The White Hill Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill Cemetery
- Rock Island Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Rock Island Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island Cemetery
- New Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The New Union Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union Cemetery
- Sodom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sodom Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom Cemetery
- The Sodom Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hale Cemetery
- Dodson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Dodson Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Cemetery
- McElroy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The McElroy Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElroy Cemetery
- Chisam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Chisam Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisam Cemetery
- Brick House Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Brick House Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick House Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem 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 Crain Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Crain Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Laurelburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Hillis ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillis is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis
- Bone Cave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Campaign
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Campaign is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- Rowland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Fall City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fall City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City
- Shellsford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Spencer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Quebeck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Cummingsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Meade ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- McMinnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Doyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Pollard ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pollard is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Chalybeate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Sweetgum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Darkey Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Darkey Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkey Springs
- Gath
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
- Dibrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dibrell is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell
- Drop ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Drop is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
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 Crain Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Van Buren County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Crain Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- McMinnville
- Sparta
- Spencer
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Crain Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Van Buren 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 Crain Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1320888 (Crain Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1320888 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: Van Buren
- Est. Elev: 285 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Welchland
- Location given for Crain Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.7178459 Lon: -85.5891444
- 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 Van Buren, 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 from Point A (ie- Crain Hill 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. |