A visit to the Pirtle 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 Pirtle Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pirtle Cemetery:
36.5642, -86.0194
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pirtle Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pirtle Cemetery is located in Macon County<2>.
The county seat for Macon County is located in Lafayette. Lafayette lies just to the south of the Pirtle Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pirtle Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Pirtle Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pirtle Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wesley Crowder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- David Blankenship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- King Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The King Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- Fishburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Fishburn Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishburn Cemetery
- Jent Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Jent Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jent Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The King Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Walden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Walden Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walden Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Lafayette.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19789 <5>
- Crowder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Crowder Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder Cemetery
- Vester Crowder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Holland - Cothron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall - Selley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lafayette City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bradley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Bradley Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Cemetery
- Frog Pond - Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Draper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Draper Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper Cemetery
- Long Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Long Creek Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek Cemetery
- Joseph Harrison White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- J M Marshall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The J M Marshall Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J M Marshall Cemetery
- Roark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Roark Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Cemetery
- Galbraith - Meador Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jesse West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Jesse West Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse West Cemetery
- Chamberlain - Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Joe Wilson Meador Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCrary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The McCrary Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrary Cemetery
- Day Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Day Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day 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 Pirtle Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pirtle Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lafayette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Frog Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Pond is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond
- Meadorville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Meadorville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadorville
- Akersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Red Boiling Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Green Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Mill Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Town is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Walnut Shade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walnut Shade is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Siloam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Gibbs Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gibbs Crossroads is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Crossroads
- Oak Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fountain Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jenkins Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Village is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Village
- Westmoreland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Shade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hermitage Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hermitage Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Springs
- Gamaliel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bledsoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bledsoe is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Hartsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johntown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Johntown is located in Trousdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Dixon Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dixon Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Adolphus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Difficult
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Difficult is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
- North Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springs
- Petroleum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
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 Pirtle Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Macon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pirtle Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Hartsville
- Lafayette
- Red Boiling Springs
- Westmoreland
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 Pirtle Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Macon 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 Pirtle Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1298709 (Pirtle Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1298709 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: Macon
- Est. Elev: 289 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lafayette
- Location given for Pirtle Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.564218 Lon: -86.019428
- 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 Macon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pirtle 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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