A visit to the Rucker 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 Rucker Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rucker Cemetery:
36.4523, -88.8031
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rucker Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rucker Cemetery is located in Weakley County<2>.
The county seat for Weakley County is located in Dresden. Dresden lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Rucker Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rucker Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Rucker Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rucker Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Moss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Moss Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Sawyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Sawyer Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer Cemetery
- Pate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Pate Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Cemetery
- Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- Sandy Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- McFall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The McFall Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall Cemetery
- Roach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Roach Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Siler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Siler Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler Cemetery
- Camp Ground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Camp Ground Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground Cemetery
- Lawrence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Lawrence Cemetery is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Cemetery
- Johnson Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Johnson Grove Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Grove Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Martin.
- The Johnson Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnson Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14092 <5>
- Ferrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Ferrell Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Old Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Cemetery
- Pounds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pounds Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds Cemetery
- Good Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Good Springs Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs Cemetery
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Bethel Cemetery is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bethel Cemetery
- The Old Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Bethel Primitive Baptist 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 Rucker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rucker Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- McConnell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McConnell is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Latham
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Latham is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- Water Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ralston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Terrell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Dresden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wingo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Union City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fulgham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Lynnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lynnville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Cayce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Rives
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Sidonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ore Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Moscow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Bell City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Tri City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tri City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
- Sedalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pryorsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Woodland Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
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 Rucker Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Weakley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rucker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dresden
- Fulton
- Martin
- Sharon
- Union City
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 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 Rucker Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Weakley 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 Rucker Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1300227 (Rucker Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1300227 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: Weakley
- Est. Elev: 116 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: McConnell
- Location given for Rucker Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4522833 Lon: -88.8031132
- 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 Weakley, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rucker 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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