A visit to the Litchford 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 Litchford Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Litchford Cemetery:
36.2503, -86.0828
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Litchford Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Litchford Cemetery is located in Smith County<2>.
The county seat for Smith County is located in Carthage. Carthage lies just to the east of the Litchford Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Litchford Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Litchford Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Litchford Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Barnett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Barnett Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
- Cato Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Cato Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato Cemetery
- Kirby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Kirby Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby Cemetery
- Enoch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Enoch Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enoch Cemetery
- Highers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Highers Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highers Cemetery
- Harper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Harper Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Cemetery
- Stowe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Stowe Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe Cemetery
- Baird Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Baird Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird Cemetery
- The Baird Cemetery has also been known as:
- Buck Road Cemetery
- William 'Buck' Baird Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2374086 <5>
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Tuggle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Tuggle Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle Cemetery
- Litchford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Litchford Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchford Cemetery
- Violet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Violet Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Bradleys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bradleys Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleys Cemetery
- Kennys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Kennys Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennys Cemetery
- Kent Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Kent Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cemetery
- Shaver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Shaver Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Cemetery
- Manning - Denton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cage Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Cage Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cage Cemetery
- Goshen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The House Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Rollins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rollins Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins Cemetery
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilkerson Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson 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 Litchford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Litchford Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rock City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rock City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Saulsbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saulsbury is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Estimated population in 2014: 96 people
- Shaver Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shaver Town is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town
- Commerce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Commerce is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Bluff Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
- South Carthage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Carthage is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Carthage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Monoville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monoville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monoville
- Dixon Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dixon Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Johntown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Johntown is located in Trousdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people
- Linwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Brush Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brush Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Watertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hickman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Gordonsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lebanon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Defeated
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Defeated is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated
- Pleasant Shade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alexandria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Doaks Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads
- Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
- Doaks
- Difficult
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Difficult is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 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 Litchford Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Smith County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Litchford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Carthage
- Hartsville
- Lebanon
- Watertown
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 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 Litchford Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Smith 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 Litchford Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1291364 (Litchford Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1291364 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: Smith
- Est. Elev: 147 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dixon Springs
- Location given for Litchford Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2503308 Lon: -86.0827671
- 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 Smith, 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 from Point A (ie- Litchford 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. |