A visit to the Hixson 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 Hixson Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Hixson Cemetery (FG ID #13436)
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 Hixson Cemetery ...
The Hixson Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bowman Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Cagle Cemetery
- The Cagle Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Cordell Cemetery
- The Cordell Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
- The Davis Chapel Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Chapel Cemetery
- Dodson Cemetery
- The Dodson Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Cemetery
- Dunlap Cemetery
- The Dunlap Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap Cemetery
- Harvey Cemetery
- The Harvey Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Cemetery
- Hatfield Cemetery
- The Hatfield Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield Cemetery
- Hendon Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hixson Cemetery
- The Hixson Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
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- Howard Cemetery
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- John M. Hixson Cemetery
- Johnson - Lewis Cemetery
- Lamb Cemetery
- The Lamb Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Cemetery
- Lands Chapel Cemetery
- The Lands Chapel Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
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- Lewis Cemetery
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
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- McWilliams Cemetery
- The McWilliams Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
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- Pope Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
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- Welch Chapel Cemetery
- The Welch Chapel Cemetery is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Chapel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hixson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Brayton
- Brockdell
- Caramel Village
- Caramel Village is located in Hamilton County
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- Cartwright
- Center Point
- Chalybeate
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
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- Condra
- Cumberland Spring
- Daisy
- Daisy is located in Hamilton County
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- Daus
- Dayton
- Dunlap
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fairmount
- Flat Top
- Graysville
- Lakesite
- Lakesite is located in Hamilton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
- Middle Valley
- Middle Valley is located in Hamilton County
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- Mowbray
- Ogden
- Pailo
- Palmer
- Pikeville
- Sandalwood Village
- Sandalwood Village is located in Hamilton County
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- Soddy - Daisy
- Soddy
- Summer City
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
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- Walden
- Walden is located in Hamilton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,183 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 Hixson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bledsoe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hixson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dayton
- Dunlap
- Pikeville
- Soddy - Daisy
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 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 Hixson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Bledsoe 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 Hixson Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #13436
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1287925 (Hixson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1287925 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: Bledsoe
- Est. Elev: 257 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Airy
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 Bledsoe, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hixson Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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