A visit to the Eastland 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 Eastland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Eastland Cemetery:
35.8884, -85.2319
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Eastland Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Eastland Cemetery is located in White County<2>.
The county seat for White County is located in Sparta. Sparta lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Eastland Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Eastland Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Eastland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Eastland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Van Winkle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Van Winkle Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle Cemetery
- Johnson Stand Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Johnson Stand Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Stand Cemetery
- Stringtown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stringtown Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown Cemetery
- Thomas Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bolin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bolin Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolin Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Burgess Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Burgess Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Cemetery
- Taylors Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chastain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Chastain Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastain Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chastain Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Pleasant Hill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2373252 <5>
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Smith Chapel Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smith Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Pleasant Hill.
- The Smith Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smith Chapel Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18722 <5>
- McKinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- Flynn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Flynn Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pleasant HIll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pleasant HIll Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant HIll Cemetery
- Browntown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Browntown Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown Cemetery
- Old Neverfail Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Old Neverfail Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Neverfail Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Neverfail Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Pleasant Hill.
- Be careful, some people have confused the Old Neverfail Cemetery with the Eastland Cemetery and the .
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2356284 <5>
- Neverfail Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Neverfail Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverfail Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Neverfail Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Pleasant Hill.
- Be careful, some people have confused the Neverfail Cemetery with the Eastland Cemetery and the .
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #16239 <5>
- Burgess Cemetery #1
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Burgess Cemetery #1 is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Cemetery #1
- Burgess Cemetery #2
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Burgess Cemetery #2 is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Cemetery #2
- Newton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Newton Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Cemetery
- Leggett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Leggett Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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 Eastland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Eastland Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Todd Town
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
- Erasmus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Erasmus is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erasmus
- Mount Gilead ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Clarktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Newton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Neverfail ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Neverfail is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverfail
- Lantana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Ravenscroft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Winesap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Lake Tansi Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Howard Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Sweetgum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Crossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Creston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Greenbriar Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Sparta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Meade ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- Cummingsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Burke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
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 Eastland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in White County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Eastland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Eastland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to White 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 Eastland Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1283426 (Eastland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1283426 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: White
- Est. Elev: 507 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pleasant Hill
- Location given for Eastland Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8883997 Lon: -85.2319109
- 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 White, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eastland 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. |
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