A visit to the Peak 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 Peak Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Peak Cemetery:
35.8145, -86.1980
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Peak Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Peak Cemetery is located in Rutherford County<2>.
The county seat for Rutherford County is located in Murfreesboro. Murfreesboro lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Peak Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Peak Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Peak Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Peak Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jamison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Jamison Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison Cemetery
- Brandon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Brandon Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Herrod Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Herrod Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrod Cemetery
- Dunn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Dunn Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Cemetery
- Parrot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Parrot Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrot Cemetery
- Hoover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- Wood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Wood Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Cemetery
- Ready Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Ready Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ready Cemetery
- Daniel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Daniel Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Cemetery
- Arnett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Arnett Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Arnett Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Readyville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8696 <5>
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Richardson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Youree Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Youree Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youree Cemetery
- Carnahan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Carnahan Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnahan Cemetery
- Herrod Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Herrod Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrod Cemetery
- Cripple Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Cripple Creek Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripple Creek Cemetery
- Lassiter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lassiter Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassiter Cemetery
- Cateston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Cateston Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cateston Cemetery
- Saffel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Saffel Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saffel Cemetery
- Barton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Barton Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Cemetery
- Benson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Benson Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Cemetery
- Bevins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Bevins Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevins Cemetery
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 Peak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Peak Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Readyville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kittrell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Burt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Bradyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Woodbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Dillton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Burns Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Compton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Gossburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Rucker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Plainview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Cainsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Bluewing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Auburntown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Murfreesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Beechgrove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Walterhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walterhill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill
- Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woods is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Gassaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Statesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Statesville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Naola ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Round Top
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Round Top is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Leanna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leanna is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
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 Peak Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rutherford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Peak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Auburntown
- Murfreesboro
- Woodbury
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Peak Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Rutherford 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 Peak Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1645865 (Peak Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1645865 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: Rutherford
- Est. Elev: 214 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Readyville
- Location given for Peak Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8145117 Lon: -86.1980473
- 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 Rutherford, 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- Peak 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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