A visit to the Mason 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 Mason Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mason Cemetery:
36.3156, -83.6282
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mason Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mason Cemetery is located in Grainger County<2>.
The county seat for Grainger County is located in Rutledge. Rutledge lies just to the east southeast of the Mason Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Mason Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mason Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hopson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Hopson Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson Cemetery
- Arnwine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Arnwine Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnwine Cemetery
- Cabbage Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Cabbage Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabbage Cemetery
- Hammock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hammock Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammock Cemetery
- Zachary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Zachary Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary Cemetery
- Needham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Needham Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Cleveland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Cleveland Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Cemetery
- Acuff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Branson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Branson Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
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- Clapp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Clapp Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clapp Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Gose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Gose Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gose Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Pennington Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boruff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Boruff Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boruff Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- McKinney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- Atkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Atkins Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins Cemetery
- Corbin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Corbin Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Acuff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Rucker Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mason Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mason Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Washburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Lulaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Joppa
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Joppa is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Lone Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Rutledge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandlick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Big Barren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
- Head of Barren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- New Tazewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maples ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Springdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Goin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
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- Maynardville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Luttrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Luttrell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Lea Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lea Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs
- Raven Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Tazewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wa-Ni Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Bowen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Thorn Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Caney Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Loo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Loo is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
- Plainview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Zacharytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zacharytown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zacharytown
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
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 Mason Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grainger County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mason Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Luttrell
- Maynardville
- New Tazewell
- Rutledge
- Tazewell
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Mason Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Grainger 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 Mason Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1292885 (Mason Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1292885 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: Grainger
- Est. Elev: 373 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Powder Springs
- Location given for Mason Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.3156393 Lon: -83.6282397
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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 Grainger, 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- Mason 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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