A visit to the Rankin 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 Rankin Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rankin Cemetery:
35.9631, -84.6144
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rankin Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rankin Cemetery is located in Morgan County<2>.
The county seat for Morgan County is located in Wartburg. Wartburg lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of the Rankin Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rankin Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Rankin Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rankin Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Eads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crab Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Crab Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Crab Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crab Orchard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10960 <5>
- Pine Orchard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Pine Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Pine Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pine Orchard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17132 <5>
- Snow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Snow Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Cemetery
- Riggs Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Riggs Chapel Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs Chapel Cemetery
- Gamble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Gamble Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble Cemetery
- Snow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whaley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Skidmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Delozier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Delozier Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delozier Cemetery
- Emory Gap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Emory Gap Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bazel Town Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Bazel Town Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town Cemetery
- Reynolds Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Reynolds Family Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Family Cemetery
- The Reynolds Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reynolds Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269752 <5>
- Summers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Summers Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Cemetery
- The Summers Cemetery has also been known as:
- White Oak Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19092 <5>
- Dry Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Dry Hill Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill Cemetery
- Hembree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Hembree Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree Cemetery
- Pass Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Pass Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pass Cemetery
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Carter Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Childs Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willard Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Willard Park Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard Park Cemetery
- Isham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Isham Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham Cemetery
- Bullard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Bullard Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullard Cemetery
- Harriman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Harriman Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriman Cemetery
- Old Harriman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Old Harriman Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Harriman Cemetery
- Piney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Austin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rankin Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rankin Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Emory Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Harriman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Bazel Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Deermont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Cardiff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Postoak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Midtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Rockwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nemo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Laddie Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Coal Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Kries
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Wartburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dyllis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Lancing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hebbertsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Glen Alice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Coalfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coalfield is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Petros
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Petros is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
- Lake Pomeroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
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 Rankin Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Morgan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rankin Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cardiff
- Kingston
- Oakdale
- Rockwood
- Wartburg
- Wheat - Historic
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 Rankin Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Morgan 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 Rankin Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1646661 (Rankin Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1646661 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: Morgan
- Est. Elev: 370 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Harriman
- Location given for Rankin Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9631298 Lon: -84.6143828
- 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 Morgan, 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- Rankin 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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