A visit to the Elon 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 Elon Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Elon Cemetery (FG ID #11741).
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 Elon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elon Cemetery:
35.9111, -89.4488
The Elon Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County<2>.
The county seat for Lauderdale County is located in Ripley. Ripley lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Elon Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Elon 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 Elon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rutherford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dunavant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Love Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Enon Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- James L. Thurmond Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill Memorial Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCoy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The McCoy Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rhodes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gates Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holly Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- King Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edith UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Butterworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Butterworth Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterworth 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 Elon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Unionville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Halls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gates
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edith
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richwoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Finley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Flippin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Middle City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Woodville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bishop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Dyersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mengelwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tigrett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Toulon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nutbush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maury City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
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 Elon 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 Elon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dyersburg
- Friendship
- Halls
- Ripley
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 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 Elon 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 Elon Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #11741
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1283728 (Elon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1283728 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: 107 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fowlkes
- Location given for Elon Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9125739 Lon: -89.4497957
- 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> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Elon 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. |