A visit to the Rowland Hill 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 Rowland Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rowland Hill Cemetery:
35.7803, -86.5508
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rowland Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rowland Hill Cemetery is located in Rutherford County<2>.
The county seat for Rutherford County is located in Murfreesboro. Murfreesboro lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Rowland Hill Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Rowland Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rowland Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Windrow Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Windrow Community Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Watson - Rowland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Dyer Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
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- West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The West Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
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- Burns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Burns Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
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- Jackson Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Jackson Ridge Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
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- Carlton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Carlton Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Cemetery
- Manning Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Manning Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning Cemetery
- Love Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Love Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
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- Carlton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Carlton Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Cemetery
- Wade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Wade Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
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- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Primm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Primm Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Cemetery
- Baskin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Watson - Vaughn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Manire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Manire Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manire Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Covington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Covington Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington Cemetery
- Sharber Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Sharber Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharber Cemetery
- Tucker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Comer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Comer Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer Cemetery
- Steagall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Steagall Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steagall Cemetery
- Cocke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cocke Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocke Cemetery
- Jarratt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Jarratt Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarratt Cemetery
- Ransom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ransom Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Snell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Snell Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell Cemetery
- Snell - Newman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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 Rowland Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rowland Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Snell ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Patterson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Eagleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- College Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Allisona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Midland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Longview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Rucker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Holts Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Murfreesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Unionville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vannatta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Burns Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Plainview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Dillton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Leanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leanna is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Colonial Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Chapel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nolensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Peytonsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Compton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Walterhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walterhill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill
- Clovercroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
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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 Rowland Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rutherford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rowland Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Murfreesboro
- Nolensville
- Smyrna
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 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 Rowland Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Rutherford 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 Rowland Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1645906 (Rowland Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1645906 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: Rutherford
- Est. Elev: 266 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rockvale
- Location given for Rowland Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.7803438 Lon: -86.5508266
- 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 Rutherford, 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' (or 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- Rowland Hill 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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