A visit to the Prospect 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 Prospect Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Cemetery:
35.3673, -84.4185
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Prospect Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Prospect Cemetery is located in McMinn County<2>.
The county seat for McMinn County is located in Athens. Athens lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Prospect Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prospect Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Prospect Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prospect Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Macedonia Church of Christ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Macedonia Church of Christ Cemetery is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Church of Christ Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Macedonia Church of Christ Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Etowah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1529648 <5>
- Lick Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Lick Creek Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek Cemetery
- Land Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Land Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land Cemetery
- Conasauga Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Conasauga Cemetery is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conasauga Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Cochran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Cochran Cemetery is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Cemetery
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mars Hill Cemetery is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Cemetery
- Rural Vale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Rural Vale Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale Cemetery
- Borin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Borin Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borin Cemetery
- Borin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Borin Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borin Cemetery
- Eleazar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Eleazar Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazar Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eleazar Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Tellico Plains.
- The Eleazar Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eleazar UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11689 <5>
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Buttram Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Buttram Cemetery is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttram Cemetery
- Cain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Cain Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- Chestua Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Chestua Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestua Cemetery
- Mt. Arnon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Arnon Cemetery is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Arnon Cemetery
- Sunrise Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Sunrise Cemetery is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Cemetery
- Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Bullet Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bullet Creek Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullet Creek Cemetery
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Unicoi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Unicoi Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unicoi Cemetery
- Tellico Plains Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prospect Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prospect Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mecca
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Jalapa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Nonaburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Grady
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Rural Vale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Englewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Etowah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tellico Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Manila
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Goodsprings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Epperson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Servilla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Delano
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coker Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Belltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Madisonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Acorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Niota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Ballplay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Luskville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
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 Prospect Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McMinn County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prospect Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Athens
- Englewood
- Etowah
- Madisonville
- Sweetwater
- Tellico Plains
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Prospect Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to McMinn 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 Prospect Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1956323 (Prospect Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1956323 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: McMinn
- Est. Elev: 291 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mecca
- Location given for Prospect Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.3672971 Lon: -84.418537
- 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 McMinn, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prospect 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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