A visit to the Minton 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 Minton Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Minton Cemetery:
36.4026, -83.6380
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Minton Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Minton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County<2>.
The county seat for Claiborne County is located in Tazewell. Tazewell lies just to the northeast of the Minton Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Minton Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 34 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Minton Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Minton Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jesse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Jesse Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jesse Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of New Tazewell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485253 <5>
- Campbell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Atkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Atkins Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins Cemetery
- Vannoy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Vannoy Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vannoy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Lone Mountain.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19692 <5>
- Thompsons Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Minton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Minton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Cemetery
- Carr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Carr Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- Burch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Burch Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burch Cemetery
- Skaggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Skaggs Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Gose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Gose Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gose Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Yoakum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Yoakum Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoakum Cemetery
- Janeway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Janeway Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeway Cemetery
- Cardwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cardwell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Cemetery
- Leabow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Leabow Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leabow Cemetery
- Brewster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Brewster Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Drummond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Drummond Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond Cemetery
- Ford Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ford Chapel Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Chapel Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- Arnwine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Arnwine Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnwine Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Cardwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Cardwell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Coffey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Coffey Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey Cemetery
- Barton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Barton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Hoge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hoge Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge Cemetery
- Oakes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Oakes Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Cemetery
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Shoemaker Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shoemaker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of New Tazewell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18497 <5>
- Shumaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Shumaker Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumaker 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 Minton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Minton Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Head of Barren
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Sandlick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Big Barren
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
- Lone Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- New Tazewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Goin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin
- Tazewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Washburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Raven Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Lulaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rutledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Joppa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Joppa is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Harrogate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shawanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- 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
- Loo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Loo is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
- Bowen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Cumberland Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Speedwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Braden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Braden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
- Phebe ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Phebe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Maynardville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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 Minton Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Claiborne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Minton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cumberland Gap
- Maynardville
- Middlesboro
- New Tazewell
- Rutledge
- Tazewell
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Minton Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Claiborne 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 Minton Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1294069 (Minton Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1294069 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: Claiborne
- Est. Elev: 500 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clouds
- Location given for Minton Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4025825 Lon: -83.6379644
- 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 Claiborne, 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- Minton 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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