A visit to the Phelps 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 Phelps Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Phelps Cemetery:
36.3937, -83.6330
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Phelps Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Phelps Cemetery is located in Claiborne County<2>.
The county seat for Claiborne County is located in Tazewell. Tazewell lies just to the northeast of the Phelps Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Phelps Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Phelps Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Phelps Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jesse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Jesse Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jesse Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of New Tazewell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485253 <5>
- Skaggs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Skaggs Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Yoakum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Yoakum Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoakum Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Atkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Atkins Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins Cemetery
- Vannoy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Vannoy Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vannoy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Lone Mountain.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19692 <5>
- Janeway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Janeway Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeway Cemetery
- Cardwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Cardwell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Cemetery
- Carr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Carr Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- Burch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Burch Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burch Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Gose Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gose Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Leabow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Leabow Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leabow Cemetery
- Thompsons Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Minton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Minton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Arnwine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Arnwine Cemetery is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnwine Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Cardwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Cardwell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Coffey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Coffey Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey Cemetery
- Barton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Barton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Hoge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hoge Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge Cemetery
- Brewster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Brewster Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster 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 Phelps Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Phelps Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lone Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Head of Barren
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Sandlick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- New Tazewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Barren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
- Goin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin
- Springdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Tazewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Washburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Raven Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Lulaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Joppa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Joppa is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Rutledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Shawanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- Bowen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Thorn Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Harrogate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Loo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Loo is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
- Maynardville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Braden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Braden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
- Phebe ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Phebe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Luttrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luttrell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Maples ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Speedwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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 Phelps Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Claiborne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Phelps Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cumberland Gap
- Luttrell
- Maynardville
- New Tazewell
- Rutledge
- Tazewell
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Phelps Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Claiborne 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 Phelps Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1297300 (Phelps Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1297300 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: Claiborne
- Est. Elev: 397 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clouds
- Location given for Phelps Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.3936938 Lon: -83.632964
- 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 Claiborne, 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- Phelps 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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