A visit to the Murphy 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 Murphy Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Murphy Cemetery:
36.0529, -83.8721
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Murphy Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Murphy Cemetery is located in Knox County<2>.
The county seat for Knox County is located in Knoxville. Knoxville lies just to the south southwest of the Murphy Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Murphy Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Murphy Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Murphy Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Anderson - Gouffon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Luttrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Luttrell Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell Cemetery
- Coupland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Coupland Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coupland Cemetery
- Tindell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Tindell Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindell Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Varner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Bowling Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Knoxville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12650 <5>
- Cardwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cardwell Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Cemetery
- Tindell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Tindell Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindell Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Bayless Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bayless Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayless Cemetery
- Barner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Barner Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barner Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thomas Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Thomas Hall Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Hall Cemetery
- The Thomas Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hall Cemetery
- Lynnhurst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bounds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bounds Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Cemetery
- Bounds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bounds Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Cemetery
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Cemetery
- Turley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Turley Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley Cemetery
- England - Legg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shipe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Shipe Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipe Cemetery
- Shipe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Shipe Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipe Cemetery
- Old Poor Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Meadowlawn Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlawn Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Major Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Major Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Murphy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Murphy Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Beverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- John Sevier
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- John Sevier is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Sevier
- Sentertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sentertown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentertown
- Murphy Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Murphy Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
- Fountain City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fountain City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Greenway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Maloneyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maloneyville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maloneyville
- Halls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Halls is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Park City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Park City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- McMillan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McMillan is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
- Dante
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dante is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- Knoxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wooddale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wooddale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Highpoint ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Highpoint is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Skaggston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Skaggston is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggston
- Mascot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mascot is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
- Marble City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marble City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Whites Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Whites Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
- Riverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Lyonton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lyonton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton
- Corryton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Shooks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Paulette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
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 Murphy Cemetery. The following communities are located in Knox County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Murphy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Fountain City
- Knoxville
- Mascot
- Powell
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 professional and volunteer 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 Murphy Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Knox 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 Murphy Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1295117 (Murphy Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1295117 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: Knox
- Est. Elev: 321 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: John Sevier
- Location given for Murphy Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.0528605 Lon: -83.8721286
- 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 Knox, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Murphy 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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