A visit to the Poor Farm 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 Poor Farm Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Poor Farm Cemetery:
35.8812, -84.4835
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Poor Farm Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Poor Farm Cemetery is located in Roane County<2>.
The county seat for Roane County is located in Kingston. Kingston lies just to the west of the Poor Farm Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Poor Farm Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 33 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Poor Farm Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Suddath Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Suddath Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suddath Cemetery
- Mahoney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Mahoney Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoney Cemetery
- Love Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Love Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Cemetery
- Kingston Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Patterson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Ladd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Ladd Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Tedder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Tedder Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedder Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Seuler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Seuler Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seuler Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Kingston.
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel - Kingston Cemetery
- Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Historical Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9213 <5>
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Johnston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Johnston Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Cemetery
- Johnston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Johnston Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Cemetery
- Ladd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Ladd Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd Cemetery
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Sugar Grove Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove Cemetery
- Hester Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hester Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Adkisson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Adkisson Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkisson Cemetery
- Swan Pond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Swan Pond Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Pond Cemetery
- Woolsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Woolsey Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Cemetery
- Margrave Goddard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Slave Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Slave Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slave Cemetery
- Biss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Biss Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biss Cemetery
- Neergaard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Neergaard Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neergaard Cemetery
- Norman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Norman Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Cemetery
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pauper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pauper Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauper Cemetery
- Crowder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Crowder Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder Cemetery
- McKinney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- Dickey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Dickey Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey 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 Poor Farm Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kingston
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Laddie Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Kries
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Midtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Bradbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bradbury is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Harriman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Emory Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Bazel Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Dyllis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Cave Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Selkirk ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Selkirk is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Coal Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Cardiff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Postoak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Bear ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bear is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Eaton Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Deermont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Coalfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coalfield is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
- Rockwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Loudon City Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Loudon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Oak Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kelley Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kelley Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley 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 Poor Farm Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Roane County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Poor Farm Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cardiff
- Kingston
- Loudon
- Oak Ridge
- Oakdale
- Rockwood
- Wheat - Historic
- Wheat lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Poor Farm Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wheat.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
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 websites either 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 Poor Farm Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Roane 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 Poor Farm Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1298132 (Poor Farm Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1298132 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: Roane
- Est. Elev: 242 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elverton
- Location given for Poor Farm Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8811865 Lon: -84.4835434
- 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 Roane, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Poor Farm 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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