A visit to the Poore 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 Poore Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Poore Cemetery:
36.4890, -83.6838
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Poore Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Poore Cemetery is located in Claiborne County<2>.
The county seat for Claiborne County is located in Tazewell. Tazewell lies just to the east southeast of the Poore Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Poore Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Poore Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Poore Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Hooper Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper Cemetery
- Old Red Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Red Hill Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Red Hill Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Drummond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Drummond Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond Cemetery
- Poore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Poore Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poore Cemetery
- Poore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Poore Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poore Cemetery
- Moody Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Moody Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Cemetery
- Kibert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Kibert Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibert Cemetery
- Treece Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Treece Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treece Cemetery
- Bruce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Welch Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Cemetery
- McNew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The McNew Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNew Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Shiflet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Shiflet Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiflet Cemetery
- Lundy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Lundy Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundy Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Shoemaker Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shoemaker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of New Tazewell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18497 <5>
- Mayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Mayes Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Greer's Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chumley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Chumley Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumley Cemetery
- Chumley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Chumley Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumley Cemetery
- Rowland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Rowland Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Cemetery
- Marsee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Marsee Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsee Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Poore Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Poore Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Goin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin
- Head of Barren
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- New Tazewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Barren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
- Sandlick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Tazewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shawanee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- Harrogate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Middlesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lone Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Stony Fork Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Premier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Premier is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
- Yellow Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Springdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Speedwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Edgewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Braden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Braden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
- Capito
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Capito is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capito
- Phebe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Phebe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe
- Raven Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Caney Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Fonde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fonde is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde
- Pruden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pruden is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Pruden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pruden is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
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 Poore 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 Poore Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cumberland Gap
- Middlesboro
- New Tazewell
- Tazewell
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Poore 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 Poore Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1298147 (Poore Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1298147 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: 317 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clouds
- Location given for Poore Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4889694 Lon: -83.6838014
- 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poore 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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