A visit to the McCoy 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 McCoy Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McCoy Cemetery:
35.9537, -89.3829
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McCoy Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McCoy Cemetery is located in Lake County<2>.
The county seat for Lake County is located in Tiptonville. Tiptonville lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the north of the McCoy Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the McCoy Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the McCoy Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McCoy Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Holly Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Butterworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Butterworth Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterworth Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill Memorial Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Green Hill Memorial Garden is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Memorial Garden
- The Green Hill Memorial Garden has also been known as:
- Greenhill Memorial Garden
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159745 <5>
- Palestine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Clay Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Cemetery
- Sorrell Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hodge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Hodge Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge Cemetery
- Parr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shelton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Shelton Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Cemetery
- Williams Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Carter Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Rutherford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Anderson Chapel Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Anderson Chapel Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Halls.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8638 <5>
- Anderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Anderson Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Halls.
- The Anderson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Anderson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8623 <5>
- Love Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Love Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Cemetery
- Halls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stallcup Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cock and Irvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nash Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Nash Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Reynolds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Viar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Viar Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viar Cemetery
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Dyersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15591 <5>
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Memorial Park is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the McCoy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McCoy Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fowlkes
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Unionville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Bishop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Halls
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dyersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Middle City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Tigrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Finley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Richwoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Gates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Edith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Mengelwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Tatumville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Newbern
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meacham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Flippin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Woodville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Maury City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Crockett Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
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 McCoy Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lake County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McCoy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dyersburg
- Friendship
- Halls
- Newbern
- Ripley
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 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 McCoy Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Lake 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 McCoy Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1293205 (McCoy Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1293205 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: Lake
- Est. Elev: 97 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fowlkes
- Location given for McCoy Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9536839 Lon: -89.3828501
- 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 Lake, 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- McCoy 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. |