A visit to the Mount Olive 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 Mt. Olive Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Olive Cemetery:
35.0451, -88.3995
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in McNairy County<2>.
The county seat for McNairy County is located in Selmer. Selmer lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Mt. Olive Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Carter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Carter Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Michie.
- The Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Michie Church of God Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2458345 <5>
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Beshears Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Beshears Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beshears Cemetery
- Chambers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- Pebble Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Pebble Hill Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shady Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Shiloh.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151332 <5>
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Chambers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- Childers Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Turner Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Shiloh.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19569 <5>
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Sugar Hill Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill Cemetery
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Marvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Marvin Cemetery is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Counce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Counce Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counce Cemetery
- Leath Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Leath Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leath Cemetery
- Hoover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- McDonald Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The McDonald Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
- Childers Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Mt. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Michie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shiloh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Caffey
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Nash Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Hamburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Stantonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Pyburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Guys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Corinth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Eastview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Glen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Bruton Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Ramer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Short
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Crump
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Falcon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Purdy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Selmer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chewalla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
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 Mt. Olive Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McNairy County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adamsville
- Corinth
- Falcon
- Purdy
- Purdy lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Purdy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Selmer
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 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 Mt. Olive Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to McNairy 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 Mt. Olive Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1294691 (Mount Olive Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1294691 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: McNairy
- Est. Elev: 164 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Michie
- Location given for Mount Olive Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.0450854 Lon: -88.3994881
- 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 McNairy, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mt. Olive 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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