A visit to the Durham 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 Durham Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Durham Cemetery (FG ID #11568).
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 Durham Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Durham Cemetery:
35.6523, -89.4795
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Durham Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<2>
The Durham Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County<3>.
The county seat for Lauderdale County is located in Ripley. Ripley lies just to the north northwest of the Durham Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Durham Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> of the Durham Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Durham Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Durhamville Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Elam Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Elam Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elam Baptist Church Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Durhamville
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #472413 <1>
- Elam Durhamville Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Estes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Estes Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Cemetery
- Holmes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Marrows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Ripley Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ripley Memorial Gardens is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley Memorial Gardens
- The Ripley Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Lauderdale County Memorial Gardens
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15589 <1>
- Turnpike Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Turnpike Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Prater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Canfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Canfield Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Cemetery
- The Canfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ripley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10142 <1>
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Poplar Grove Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poplar Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Henning.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17324 <1>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Mary's Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Mary's Chapel Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary's Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mary's Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the east of Ripley.
- The Mary's Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mary's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #186803 <1>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Durham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Durham Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Durhamville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Nutbush
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Henning
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Toulon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Ripley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Flippin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Glimp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Arp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Covington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Luckett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Edith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Stanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Bride
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Keeling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Fort Pillow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Garland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Mason
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ko Ko
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Allens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Owl City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Chestnut Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Halls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
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 Durham Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lauderdale County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Durham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brownsville
- Covington
- Halls
- Halls lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Durham Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Halls.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Ripley
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 Durham Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Lauderdale 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 Durham Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #11568
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1283226 (Durham Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1283226 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: Lauderdale
- Est. Elev: 96 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Durhamville
- Location given for Durham Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.652301 Lon: -89.4795184
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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> | 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. |
| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lauderdale, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Durham Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |