A visit to the Dobbs Cemetery ...
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Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Dobbs Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Dobbs Cemetery (FG ID #2151514)
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 Dobbs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dobbs Cemetery
Lat: 36.0499° (36° 2' 59")
Lon: -85.6750° (-85° 40' 29")
The Dobbs Cemetery is located in Putnam County<2>.
The county seat for Putnam County is located in Cookeville. Cookeville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Dobbs Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Dobbs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dobbs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Nash Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nash Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nash Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Nash Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Maynard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Judd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Judd Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Judd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Judd Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Carlen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carlen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carlen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Carlen Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Elrod Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elrod Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elrod Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Elrod Cemetery is located in White County
- Hutchings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hutchings Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hutchings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hutchings Cemetery is located in White County
- Smellage Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wallace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Lafever Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lafever Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lafever Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lafever Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Billings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Billings Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Billings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Billings Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Shaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaw Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaw Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Baker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Baker Cemetery is located in White County
- Elrod Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elrod Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elrod Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Elrod Cemetery is located in White County
- Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stewart Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stewart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Tucker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tucker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Burton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Burton Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Baker Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Petty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Petty Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Petty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Petty Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Peeled Chestnut Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peeled Chestnut Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peeled Chestnut Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Peeled Chestnut Cemetery is located in White County
- Wesleys Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesleys Chapel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesleys Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wesleys Chapel Cemetery is located in White County
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in White County
- Carter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Carter Cemetery is located in White County
- Southern Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southern Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southern Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Southern Cemetery is located in White County
- Dobbs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Howell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Howell Cemetery is located in White County
- Hitchcock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hitchcock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hitchcock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hitchcock Cemetery is located in White County
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Maxwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maxwell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maxwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Putnam County
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dobbs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dobbs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Burton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Johnsons Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fanchers Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peeled Chestnut
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boma
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Philippi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ditty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ditty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditty
- Ditty is located in Putnam County
Google driving directions:
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- Burgess
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxter have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Baxter is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,543 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter <7>
- Drop ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drop have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
- Drop is located in White County
- Macedonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Smithville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Southtown Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southtown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village
- Southtown Village is located in Putnam County
- Darkey Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cookeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pollard ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pollard have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Pollard is located in White County
- Cherry Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Temperance Hall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Park Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Park Village is located in Putnam County
- Chestnut Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Dobbs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Putnam County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dobbs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cookeville
- Smithville
- Sparta
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 Dobbs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Putnam 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 Dobbs Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Putnam County: www.putnamcountytn.gov/
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Putnam, 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' 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 Dobbs Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0499, Longitude: -85.6750 |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |