A visit to the Galilee Memorial Gardens ...
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 Galilee Memorial Gardens ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Galilee Memorial Gardens:
35.2165, -89.7865
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Galilee Memorial Gardens can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Galilee Memorial Gardens is located in Shelby County<2>.
The county seat for Shelby County is located in Memphis. Memphis lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Galilee Memorial Gardens .
Open a Google Map centered on the Galilee Memorial Gardens.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Galilee Memorial Gardens.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Galilee Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.
- Morning Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morning Sun Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Morning Sun Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery East
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eastlawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Log Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Log Union Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Union Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Vernon Gardens is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Gardens
- Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cordova.
- The Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Robins - Dickey Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2562954 <5>
- Chambers Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Grays Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Grays Creek Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Land Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Land Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land Cemetery
- Noahs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Noahs Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noahs Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Baxter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Baxter Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Cemetery
- Priddy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Priddy Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priddy Cemetery
- Wells Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Gildfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Gildfield Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildfield Cemetery
- Raleigh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Raleigh Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Cemetery
- Fisherville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Fisherville Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Cemetery
- Reid Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Reid Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Shaw Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
- Hayes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Sinai Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sinai Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
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]<3> of the Galilee Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Galilee Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first:
- Bartlett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cordova
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lucy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- The Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Forest Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Rosemark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Millington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Binghampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Bailey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Canadaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Hickory Withe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Parkway Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Gallaway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Collierville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Hunt Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Capleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Wilkinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Atoka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cuba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
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 Galilee Memorial Gardens. The following communities are located in Shelby County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Galilee Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arlington
- Bartlett
- Collierville
- Cordova
- Germantown
- Millington
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Galilee Memorial Gardens:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Shelby 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 Galilee Memorial Gardens:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1285091 (Galilee Memorial Gardens)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1285091 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: Shelby
- Est. Elev: 101 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ellendale
- Location given for Galilee Memorial Gardens:
- Lat: 35.2164771 Lon: -89.786473
- 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 Shelby, 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- Galilee Memorial Gardens) 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |