A visit to the Dies Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Dies Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Dies Cemetery (FG ID #2272933)
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 Dies Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Dies Cemetery has been estimated.<2>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dies Cemetery
Lat: 36.3255° (36° 19' 31")
Lon: -86.1743° (-86° 10' 27")
The Dies Cemetery is located in Wilson County<3>.
The county seat for Wilson County is located in Lebanon. Lebanon lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the southwest of the Dies Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Dies Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dies Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Tomlinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Watkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bass Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Baptist & Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tomlinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weir Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weir Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weir Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Weir Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20061 <1>
- Goshen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goshen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goshen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12508 <1>
- Baird Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Piper - Hughes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Piper - Hughes Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Piper - Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Piper - Hughes Cemetery is located in Trousdale County
- Speck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Speck Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Speck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Speck Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18816 <1>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Baird Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirby Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Kirby Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Hartsville Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hartsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rankin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wier Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wier Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Stalcup Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the Dies Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dies Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Johntown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rock City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock City have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Rock City is located in Smith County
- Green Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Possum Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lebanon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saulsbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saulsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Saulsbury is located in Wilson County
- Estimated population in 2014: 96 people
- Chipman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chipman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman
- Chipman is located in Sumner County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Chipman
- From the Dies Cemetery to Chipman
- Linwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Linwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Linwood is located in Wilson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Linwood
- From the Dies Cemetery to Linwood
- Monoville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Shaver Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaver Town have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town
- Shaver Town is located in Smith County
- Meadorville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rogana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogana have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogana
- Rogana is located in Sumner County
- Commerce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Commerce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Commerce is located in Wilson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Commerce
- From the Dies Cemetery to Commerce
- South Carthage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage
- South Carthage is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Carthage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Shade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bethpage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trousdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trousdale have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Trousdale is located in Sumner County
- Bluff Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
- Defeated
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Doaks Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Watertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Difficult
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lafayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Laguardo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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 Dies Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wilson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dies Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carthage
- Hartsville
- Lafayette
- Lebanon
- Watertown
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Dies Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Wilson County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
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 Dies Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wilson County: www.wilsoncountytn.com/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | 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. |
<3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Dies Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3255, Longitude: -86.1743 |
<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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lebanon and Hartsville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
<7> | 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. |
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