A visit to the Kennedy 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 Kennedy Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Kennedy Cemetery:
35.9928, -86.0592
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Kennedy Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Wilson County<2>.
The county seat for Wilson County is located in Lebanon. Lebanon lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the northwest of the Kennedy Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Kennedy Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Kennedy Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Kennedy Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Fite Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fite Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- The Anderson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cottage Home Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8626 <5>
- Old Campground Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hatley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Hatley Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Jennings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Jennings Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jennings Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Statesville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2649375 <5>
- Donnell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Donnell Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnell Cemetery
- Duggin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Duggin Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duggin Cemetery
- Odom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Odom Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odom Cemetery
- Vandatta Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Vandatta Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandatta Cemetery
- Talley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Talley Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley Cemetery
- Milligan Alexander Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Brandon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brandon Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon Cemetery
- Beech Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Beech Hill Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill Cemetery
- Highland Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Patterson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bryson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bryson Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson Cemetery
- Thomas Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Thomas Family Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Family Cemetery
- The Thomas Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thomas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2639298 <5>
- Blue Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Blue Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Cemetery
- Eastview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Eastview Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastview Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Alexandria.
- The Eastview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alexandria Eastview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154654 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Kennedy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Kennedy Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Round Top
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Round Top is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Auburntown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Statesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Statesville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Gassaway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Alexandria
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dowelltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Youngblood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Watertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brush Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Commerce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Commerce is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Temperance Hall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Cainsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Woodbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Saulsbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Saulsbury is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Estimated population in 2014: 96 people
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Shaver Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shaver Town is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town
- Readyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Linwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Doaks Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads
- Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
- Doaks
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Bluewing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Smithville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gordonsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
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 Kennedy Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wilson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Kennedy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Auburntown
- Liberty
- Smithville
- Watertown
- Woodbury
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 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 Kennedy Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Wilson 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 Kennedy Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1290072 (Kennedy Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1290072 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: Wilson
- Est. Elev: 225 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Auburntown
- Location given for Kennedy Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9928393 Lon: -86.0591559
- 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 Wilson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kennedy 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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