A visit to the Polk Memorial Gardens ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Polk Memorial Gardens. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Polk Memorial Gardens (FG ID #186622)
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 Polk Memorial Gardens ...
The Polk Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located between<2> the communities of Mount Pleasant and Columbia.
The cemetery is located in Maury County<3>.
Adjacent to the Polk Memorial Gardens and just to the west is the Saint Johns Church Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Birkett Hill Cemetery
- The Birkett Hill Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birkett Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Birkett Hill Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the east of Mount Pleasant.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9330 <1>
- Bruce Cemetery
- The Bruce Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bruce Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the north of Mount Pleasant.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9847 <1>
- Bynum - Williams Cemetery
- Canaan Church Cemetery
- Cross Cemetery
- Estes Cemetery
- The Estes Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Estes Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the southwest of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11799 <1>
- Giddens Cemetery
- The Giddens Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giddens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Giddens Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the east of Mount Pleasant.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12367 <1>
- Hunter - Kittrell Cemetery
- Kittrell Cemetery
- The Kittrell Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kittrell Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the southwest of Columbia.
- Matthews Cemetery
- McKennan Cemetery
- The McKennan Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKennan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McKennan Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the west of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15464 <1>
- Pillow Cemetery
- The Pillow Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pillow Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the southwest of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17123 <1>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pollard Cemetery
- Porter Cemetery
- The Porter Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Porter Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the east of Mount Pleasant.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17350 <1>
- Pulliam Cemetery
- Salem Church Cemetery
- Spain Cemetery
- The Spain Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Spain Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the east of Mount Pleasant.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18799 <1>
- Walker Cemetery
- Walker - Spatswell Cemetery
- Westbrook Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Williams Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southeast of Mount Pleasant.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2249882 <1>
- Zion Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Zollicoffer Cemetery
- The Zollicoffer Cemetery is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollicoffer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zollicoffer Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the southwest of Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20737 <1>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Polk Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Arkland
- Armour Village
- Armour Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour Village
- Ashwood
- Ben ‑ Historic
- Ben is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Broadview
- Carters Creek
- Chapel Hill
- Columbia
- Culleoka
- Enterprise
- Frierson Town
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Greenfield Bend
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hampshire
- Mount Pleasant
- Mowd ‑ Historic
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- Santa Fe
- Screamer
- Scribner
- Southport
- Williamsport
- Zion
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 Polk Memorial Gardens. The following communities are located in Maury County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Polk Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Polk Memorial Gardens:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Maury 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 Polk Memorial Gardens:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #186622
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Mount Pleasant and Columbia. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Maury, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <4> | 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- Polk Memorial Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |