A visit to the Payne 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 Payne Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Payne Cemetery:
36.2962, -81.9437
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Payne Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Payne Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Mountain City. Mountain City lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Payne Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Payne Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Payne Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Julius Dugger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Julius Dugger Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julius Dugger Cemetery
- The Julius Dugger Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dugger Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11501 <5>
- Dugger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Dugger Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger Cemetery
- Cable Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Cable Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Cemetery
- Crosswhite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bunton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Bunton Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunton Cemetery
- The Bunton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Buntontown Cemetery
- Buntown Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9944 <5>
- Bunton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Bunton Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunton Cemetery
- Stanberry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Stanberry Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanberry Cemetery
- The Stanberry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18894 <5>
- Stansberry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Stansberry Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansberry Cemetery
- Farthing Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meadows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Meadows Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Cemetery
- Dugger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Dugger Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger Cemetery
- Dry Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Dry Hill Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Wolfe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Wolfe Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfe Cemetery
- Andrews - Tester Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Andrews - Tester Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews - Tester Cemetery
- The Andrews - Tester Cemetery has also been known as:
- Andrews Cemetery
- Sugar Hollow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2455892 <5>
- Whitehead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Whitehead Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehead Cemetery
- Dugger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Dugger Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger Cemetery
- Midway Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Greenwell Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwell Cemetery
- Wagner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wagner Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Lakeview Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- Hatley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hatley Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley Cemetery
- The Hatley Cemetery has also been known as:
- John Franklin Hatley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2629594 <5>
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Goodwin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Goodwin Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin Cemetery
- Elk Mills Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stout Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stout Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout Cemetery
- The Stout Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haskell Stout Cemetery
- Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Church Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Cemetery
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ward Cemetery is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- Greene Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Greene Cemetery is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cemetery
- Combs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Combs Cemetery is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Cemetery
- Snyder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Snyder Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Payne Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Payne Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Gilead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Whaley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whaley is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls
- High Health ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Beech Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Rominger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger
- Roan Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Banner Elk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Matney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Valle Crucis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vilas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mabel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Zionville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Trade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Heaton Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
- Sugar Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Buladeen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Seven Devils
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Siam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Hampton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 Payne Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Payne 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 either 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 Payne Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Johnson 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 Payne Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1297006 (Payne Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1297006 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: Johnson
- Est. Elev: 699 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elk Mills
- Location given for Payne Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2962331 Lon: -81.9437285
- 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 Johnson, 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- Payne 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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