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A visit to the Highland Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Highland Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Cemetery

Lat:   35.9184°   (35° 55' 6")

Lon:   -85.4611°   (-85° 27' 39")

The Highland Cemetery is located in White County<1>.

The county seat for White County is located in Sparta. Sparta lies just to the north northwest of the Highland Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> of the Highland Cemetery.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Snodgrass Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snodgrass Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snodgrass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in White County
  • Frasier & Gracey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mt. Gilead Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Willhite Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willhite Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willhite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Willhite Cemetery is located in White County
  • Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lance Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lance Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lance Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lance Cemetery is located in White County
  • Rose Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Potts Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potts Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Potts Cemetery is located in White County
  • Hurd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurd Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hurd Cemetery is located in White County
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in White County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Old Bon Air Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bon Air Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Bon Air Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Bon Air Cemetery is located in White County
    • Old Blue Spring Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Blue Spring Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Blue Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Blue Spring Cemetery is located in White County
    • New Blue Springs Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Blue Springs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Blue Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The New Blue Springs Cemetery is located in White County
    • Wheeler Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wheeler Cemetery is located in White County
    • Williams Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in White County
    • Ward Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ward Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ward Cemetery is located in White County
    • Anderson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Anderson Cemetery is located in White County
    • Doyle Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Greenwood Cemetery is located in White County
    • Lost Creek Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lost Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lost Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lost Creek Cemetery is located in White County
    • Anderson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Anderson Cemetery is located in White County
    • Bon Air Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bon Air Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bon Air Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bon Air Cemetery is located in White County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Highland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Sparta
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Methodist ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Methodist have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
    • Methodist is located in White County
  • Doyle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Darkey Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Meade ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meade have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
    • Meade is located in Van Buren County
  • Cummingsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cherry Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Clarktown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pollard ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pollard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
    • Pollard is located in White County
  • Quebeck
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sweetgum
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Macedonia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Ravenscroft
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fanchers Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Drop ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
      • Drop is located in White County
    • Peeled Chestnut
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Bone Cave
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Spencer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
      • Spencer is located in Van Buren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,710 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencer <6>
    • Boiling Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Johnsons Chapel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fall City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City
      • Fall City is located in Warren County
    • Campaign
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Burgess
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Todd Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Todd Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
      • Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Ditty
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ditty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditty
      • Ditty is located in Putnam County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ditty
      • From the Highland Cemetery to Ditty
    • Southtown Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southtown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village
      • Southtown Village is located in Putnam County

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 Highland 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 Highland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Sparta
    • Sparta lies less than 2 miles<2> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Highland Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sparta.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Spencer

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 websites either 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 Highland Cemetery:

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 Highland Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1269213  (Highland Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1269213 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Sparta
    • County: White         Elev: 295
    • Location given for GNIS #1269213 (Highland Cemetery)

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Highland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9184, Longitude: -85.4611    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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.
<7>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.




 

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