A visit to the Key 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 Key Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Key Cemetery:
36.0340, -84.2658
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Key Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Key Cemetery is located in Anderson County<2>.
The county seat for Anderson County is located in Clinton. Clinton lies just to the east northeast of the Key Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Key Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> of the Key Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Key Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Hoskins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Hoskins Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins Cemetery
- Galbraith - Jett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Robertsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Robertsville Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville Cemetery
- The Robertsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Robertsvillle Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160867 <5>
- Peck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Peck Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Cemetery
- Walters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Walters Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Cemetery
- Gibbs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Gibbs Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Hackworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hackworth Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackworth Cemetery
- Hoskins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hoskins Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins Cemetery
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- Seiber Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Seiber Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seiber Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Gamble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrix (Raby) Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brummett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Brummett Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brummett Cemetery
- Arms Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Arms Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arms Cemetery
- Gamble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Gamble Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble Cemetery
- Bryant - Landrum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bryant - Landrum Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant - Landrum Cemetery
- The Bryant - Landrum Cemetery has also been known as:
- Currier Cemetery
- Slave Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Slave Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slave Cemetery
- Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Church Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Hooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Hooks Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks 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 Key Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Key Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Robertsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Scarboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Tupper Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tupper Town is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupper Town
- Oliver Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kelley Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kelley Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
- Bear ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bear is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Leinarts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Volunteer Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
- Claxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Claxton is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Peak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peak is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coalfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coalfield is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
- Dyllis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Karns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Selkirk ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Selkirk is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Petros
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Petros is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
- Coal Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Kries
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Farragut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heiskell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Key Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Anderson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Key Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clinton
- Farragut
- Oak Ridge
- Oliver Springs
- Wheat - Historic
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 helpful 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 Key Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Anderson 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 Key Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1290123 (Key Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1290123 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: Anderson
- Est. Elev: 250 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Windrock
- Location given for Key Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.0339673 Lon: -84.2657564
- 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 Anderson, 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 from Point A (ie- Key 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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