A visit to the Drake 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 Drake Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Drake Cemetery:
35.6640, -86.2711
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Drake Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Drake Cemetery is located in Rutherford County<2>.
The county seat for Rutherford County is located in Murfreesboro. Murfreesboro lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Drake Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 37 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Drake Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Drake Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hoover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- Shelton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Shelton Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Cemetery
- Chadwick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Chadwick Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick Cemetery
- Broyles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Broyles Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broyles Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- McKee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The McKee Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee Cemetery
- Hoover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- Delbridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Delbridge Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delbridge Cemetery
- Stephenson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Stephenson Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson Cemetery
- Frizzell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Frizzell Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizzell Cemetery
- Bivens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Bivens Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivens Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Arnold Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Arnold Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Cemetery
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- Mankin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mankin Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankin Cemetery
- Kelton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Kelton Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton Cemetery
- Howland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Howland Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Cemetery
- Pruett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Pruett Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruett Cemetery
- Hoover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- Jernigan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Jernigan Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Cemetery
- Stinnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stinnett Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Cemetery
- Lynch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Lynch Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Shaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Manley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Manley Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley Cemetery
- Greene Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Greene Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cemetery
- Jernigan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Jernigan Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Cemetery
- Douglas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Douglas Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Prater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Prater Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prater Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Mankin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mankin Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankin Cemetery
- Big Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Big Creek Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Cemetery
- Todd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Todd Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Cemetery
- Todd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Todd Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Cemetery
- Newman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Newman Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Drake Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Drake Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Beechgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gossburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Plainview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Bell Buckle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burns Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Rucker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Dillton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Burgen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Wartrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Busy Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kittrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Midland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Vannatta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Haley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Teal ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Readyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Naola ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Normandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Murfreesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Longview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Shelbyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade Hollow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Woodbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Drake Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rutherford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Drake Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Murfreesboro
- Shelbyville
- Wartrace
- Woodbury
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 helpful 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 Drake Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Rutherford 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 Drake Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1282773 (Drake Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1282773 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: Rutherford
- Est. Elev: 237 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Webbs Jungle
- Location given for Drake Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6639597 Lon: -86.2711041
- 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 Rutherford, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Drake 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. |