A visit to the Justis Cemetery ...
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 Justis Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Justis Cemetery:
35.8934, -82.9843
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Justis Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Justis Cemetery is located in Cocke County<2>.
The county seat for Cocke County is located in Newport. Newport lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Justis Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Justis Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Justis Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Crowder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Crowder Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder Cemetery
- Varner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Varner Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varner Cemetery
- Calder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Calder Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calder Cemetery
- Grigby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Grigby Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigby Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Mooneyham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mooneyham Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooneyham Cemetery
- Mooneyham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mooneyham Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooneyham Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Huff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Huff Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Cemetery
- Presnell - Mooneyham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Swaney Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kilgore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Kilgore Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore Cemetery
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- Ball Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Ball Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Roaring Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Roaring Fork Cemetery is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Fork Cemetery
- The Roaring Fork Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ebbs Cemetery
- Gragg Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Gragg Family Cemetery is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gragg Family Cemetery
- Click Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Click Cemetery is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Click Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Hot Springs (NC).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47118 <5>
- Lawson, Wills & Arrington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Faubion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Faubion Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faubion Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Poplar Gap Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Poplar Gap Cemetery is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Gap Cemetery
- Waddell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Waddell Cemetery is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddell Cemetery
- Reynolds Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Old Bluff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Bluff Cemetery is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bluff Cemetery
- The Old Bluff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bluff Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive 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 Justis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Justis Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nough
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Nough is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Wolf Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Tom Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Del Rio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Naillon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Naillon is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lynch is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Hot Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sirenburg ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sirenburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
- Spring Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Parrottsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Edwina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Mount Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Trust
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trust is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Jimtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Wilton Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Stackhouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Hurricane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Walnut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Allenstand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Bright Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
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 Justis Cemetery. The following communities are located in Cocke County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Justis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Justis Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Cocke 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 Justis Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1641596 (Justis Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1641596 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: Cocke
- Est. Elev: 480 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Paint Rock
- Location given for Justis Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.893434 Lon: -82.9843143
- 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 Cocke, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Justis 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> | 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. |
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