A visit to the Old Bon Air 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 Bon Air Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Bon Air Cemetery:
35.9142, -85.3864
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Bon Air Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Bon Air Cemetery is located in White County<2>.
The county seat for White County is located in Sparta. Sparta lies just to the west of the Old Bon Air Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Bon Air Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Old Bon Air Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Bon Air Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lance Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Lance Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lance Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- Frasier & Gracey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Frasier & Gracey Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frasier & Gracey Cemetery
- The Frasier & Gracey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frasier Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2415982 <5>
- Lost Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lost Creek Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Cemetery
- Bon Air Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bon Air Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air Cemetery
- Old Blue Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Parks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Blue Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Willhite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Willhite Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willhite Cemetery
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodgrass Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Old Sparta Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Old Sparta Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sparta Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Stringtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Stringtown Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown Cemetery
- Plum Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Plum Creek Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Creek Cemetery
- Mitchell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- Cherry Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Cherry Creek Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek Cemetery
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Gilead Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Gilead Cemetery
- The Mt. Gilead Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Gilead Methodist Church Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethlehem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Doyle.
- The Bethlehem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9255 <5>
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Fraziers Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Bon Air Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Bon Air Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Clarktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Sparta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
- Ravenscroft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Doyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Meade ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- Cummingsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Sweetgum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Cherry Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Todd Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
- Neverfail ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Neverfail is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverfail
- Erasmus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Erasmus is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erasmus
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Macedonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Darkey Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Darkey Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkey Springs
- Pollard ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pollard is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Quebeck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Newton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Mount Gilead ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Bone Cave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Fanchers Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fanchers Mills is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanchers Mills
- Drop ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Drop is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
- Winesap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Southtown Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Southtown Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village
- Burgess
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burgess is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Boiling Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boiling Springs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Peeled Chestnut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Peeled Chestnut is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Chestnut
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 Bon Air Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in White County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Bon Air Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Old Bon Air Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to White 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 Bon Air Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1269222 (Old Bon Air Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1269222 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: White
- Est. Elev: 567 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sparta
- Location given for Old Bon Air Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9142323 Lon: -85.3863615
- 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 White, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Bon Air 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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