A visit to the Pointer 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 Pointer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pointer Cemetery:
35.7812, -86.8744
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pointer Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pointer Cemetery is located in Williamson County<2>.
The county seat for Williamson County is located in Franklin. Franklin lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of the Pointer Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pointer Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Pointer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pointer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Nicholson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Nicholson Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Cemetery
- Nicholson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Nicholson Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Cemetery
- Walton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Walton Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Cemetery
- Wade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Wade Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Cemetery
- Evans Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Evans Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Baugh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Baugh Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh Cemetery
- Buford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Buford Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford Cemetery
- Lavender Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Town Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The New Town Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Cemetery
- Wells Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Caperton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Caperton Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caperton Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Buford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Buford Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Buford Cemetery is located in Spring Hill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9922 <5>
- Duplex Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Duplex Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex Cemetery
- Steele Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Steele Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Cemetery
- Smithson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Smithson Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Cemetery
- Alexander Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Alexander Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Cemetery
- Poteete Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Poteete Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteete Cemetery
- Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Andrews Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews Cemetery
- Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Andrews Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews Cemetery
- Cowles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Cowles Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles 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 Pointer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pointer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Harpeth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Thompson's Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <6>
- Spring Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Duplex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Peytonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Burwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Jameson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Carters Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Southall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Theta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Allisona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Leipers Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- Holts Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- College Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clovercroft
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Eagleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Caney Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Santa Fe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Columbia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Chapel Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
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 Pointer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Williamson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pointer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 helpful 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 Pointer Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Williamson 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 Pointer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1298013 (Pointer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1298013 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: Williamson
- Est. Elev: 239 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bethesda
- Location given for Pointer Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.7811779 Lon: -86.8744455
- 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 Williamson, 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 from Point A (ie- Pointer 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |