A visit to the Old Ames 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 Old Ames Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Ames Cemetery:
36.2976, -88.8726
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Ames Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Ames Cemetery is located in Weakley County<2>.
The county seat for Weakley County is located in Dresden. Dresden lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of the Old Ames Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Ames Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Old Ames Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Ames Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Holland Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Cemetery
- Cate Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Cate Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cate Cemetery
- Hannings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hannings Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannings Cemetery
- Wood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Wood Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Tidwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Tidwell Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hurt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hurt Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt Cemetery
- McKinney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Rice - Underwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Crockett Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Cemetery
- Crockett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Crockett Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Cemetery
- Crutchfield - Rowlett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baldridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Baldridge Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldridge Cemetery
- Carlton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Carlton Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Cemetery
- Public Well Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Public Well Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Public Well Cemetery
- The Public Well Cemetery has also been known as:
- Public Wells Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17507 <5>
- Baldridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Baldridge Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldridge Cemetery
- Baldridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Baldridge Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldridge Cemetery
- Parham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Parham Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parham Cemetery
- Lynch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lynch Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- East Side Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The East Side Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Cemetery
- Dibrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Dibrell Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell Cemetery
- Yellow Fever Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Yellow Fever Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Fever Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Ames Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Ames Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Martin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sidonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Ralston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Sharon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Terrell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- McConnell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McConnell is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Kenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rives
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Pierce Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- Four Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Four Points is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Latham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Latham is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Rutherford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Union City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tilghman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Bradford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gleason
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ore Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Jordan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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 Old Ames Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Weakley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Ames Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bradford
- Dresden
- Dyer
- Dyer lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Old Ames Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dyer.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Fulton
- Greenfield
- Martin
- Obion
- Rutherford
- Sharon
- Troy
- Troy lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Old Ames Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Troy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Union City
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 Old Ames Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Weakley 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 Old Ames Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1296265 (Old Ames Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1296265 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: Weakley
- Est. Elev: 115 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Martin
- Location given for Old Ames Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2975641 Lon: -88.8725613
- 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 Weakley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Ames 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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