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A visit to the Rigsby Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Rigsby Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rigsby Cemetery (FG ID #17769)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Rigsby Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rigsby Cemetery

Lat:   35.5472°   (35° 32' 49")

Lon:   -85.1475°   (-85° 8' 50")

The Rigsby Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County<2>.

The county seat for Bledsoe County is located in Pikeville. Pikeville lies just to the north northwest of the Rigsby Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Rigsby Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rigsby Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Vernon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vernon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Vernon Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
  • Laurel Brook Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Brook Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Brook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Laurel Brook Cemetery is located in Rhea County
  • Old Ogden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Ogden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Ogden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Ogden Cemetery is located in Rhea County
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morgan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Morgan Cemetery is located in Rhea County
  • Summer City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summer City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Summer City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Summer City Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
  • McReynolds Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McReynolds Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McReynolds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McReynolds Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
  • Henson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Henson Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
  • Humble Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Humble Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Humble Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Humble Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
  • Price Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Price Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Price Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
  • Metz Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Metz Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Metz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Metz Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Kiuka Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kiuka Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kiuka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Kiuka Cemetery is located in Rhea County
    • Rollins Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rollins Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rollins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rollins Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
    • Arnett Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Arnett Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
    • Cranmore Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cranmore Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cranmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cranmore Cemetery is located in Rhea County
    • Swafford Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swafford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swafford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Swafford Cemetery is located in Rhea County
    • Hughes Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hughes Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
    • Cox Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cox Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cox Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
    • Iron Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iron Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iron Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Iron Hill Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
    • Dodson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dodson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dodson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dodson Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
    • Howard Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Howard Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
    • Standifer Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Standifer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Standifer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Standifer Cemetery is located in Hamilton County
    • Lone Mtn. Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Mtn. Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Mtn. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lone Mtn. Cemetery is located in Rhea County
    • French Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the French Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The French Cemetery is located in Rhea County
    • Henderson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henderson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Henderson Cemetery is located in Rhea County
    • Smyrna Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smyrna Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smyrna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County

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]<3> of the Rigsby Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rigsby Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Rigsby Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bledsoe County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rigsby Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Rigsby Cemetery:

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 Rigsby Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1299444  (Rigsby Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1299444 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Pikeville
    • County: Bledsoe         Elev: 601
    • Location given for GNIS #1299444 (Rigsby Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #17769

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Bledsoe, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Rigsby Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5472, Longitude: -85.1475    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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