A visit to the Knox 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 Knox Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Knox Cemetery:
36.4515, -82.9310
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Knox Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Knox Cemetery is located in Hawkins County<2>.
The county seat for Hawkins County is located in Rogersville. Rogersville lies just to the southwest of the Knox Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Knox Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Knox Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Knox Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Looneys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Looneys Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneys Cemetery
- Valley View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Valley View Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Cemetery
- Pearson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Pearson Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson Cemetery
- Klepper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Klepper Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klepper Cemetery
- Gillenwater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Gillenwater Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillenwater Cemetery
- Gilley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Gilley Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilley Cemetery
- Herron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Herron Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herron Cemetery
- Harrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Charles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Charles Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Cemetery
- Charles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Charles Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Cemetery
- Absalom Starnes Looney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Absalom Starnes Looney Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom Starnes Looney Cemetery
- The Absalom Starnes Looney Cemetery has also been known as:
- Looneys Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2551946 <5>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ward Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- Klepper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Klepper Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klepper Cemetery
- Sizemore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sizemore Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizemore Cemetery
- Klepper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Klepper Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klepper Cemetery
- Snapp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Snapp Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snapp Cemetery
- Hawkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
- Brice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brice Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Cemetery
- Carmack Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Carmack Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Shanks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Shanks Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanks Cemetery
- Gross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Gross Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Knox Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Knox Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Amis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Kepler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Surgoinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rogersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Strahl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Eidson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Persia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Greenland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Baileyton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Blossom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- New Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Kyles Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Romeo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Church Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ottway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Galbraith Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Marvin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Jearoldstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Bulls Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Block City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
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 Knox Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hawkins County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Knox Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Knox Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Hawkins 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 Knox Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1290394 (Knox Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1290394 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: Hawkins
- Est. Elev: 460 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Burem
- Location given for Knox Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4514843 Lon: -82.9309972
- 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 Hawkins, 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 from Point A (ie- Knox 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |