A visit to the Gates Cemetery ...
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Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Gates Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Gates Cemetery (FG ID #2259964)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Gates Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gates Cemetery
Lat: 36.5420° (36° 32' 31")
Lon: -85.4895° (-85° 29' 22")
The cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.
As an estimate, the Gates Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Celina.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Celina. Celina lies just to the west northwest of the Gates Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Gates Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gates Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Free Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Luke Hamilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- John H. Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Arms Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Varney Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adam C. Hamilton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dale Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Craig Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Craig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Craig Cemetery is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Nevin Dailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Reecer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lester Brown Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- William J. Cherry Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mabry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Doc Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boles Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bronstetter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Keen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Key Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Gates Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gates Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cave Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Free Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Celina
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Butlers Landing ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grey ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grey have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey
- Grey is located in Overton County
- Martinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Martinsburg is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Moss
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hestand
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hestand. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hestand
- Hestand is located in Monroe County (KY)
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Hestand
From the Gates Cemetery to Hestand
- Burristown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Boles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boles. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Boles is located in Monroe County (KY)
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Boles
From the Gates Cemetery to Boles
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Whitleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Free Communion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Meshack
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Meshack. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshack
- Meshack is located in Monroe County (KY)
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Meshack
From the Gates Cemetery to Meshack
- Livingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Livingston is located in Overton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,129 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Livingston <7>
- Garretts Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cloyds Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clementsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gainesboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesboro
- Gainesboro is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gainesboro <7>
- Tompkinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tompkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Tompkinsville is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tompkinsville <7>
- Haydenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie
(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 Gates Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gates Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Celina
- Gainesboro
- Livingston
- Tompkinsville
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 Gates Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Clay County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
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 Gates Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Clay County: www.dalehollowlake.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Gates Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5420, Longitude: -85.4895 |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |