A visit to the Rutherford 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 Rutherford Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rutherford Cemetery:
36.1259, -88.9990
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rutherford Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rutherford Cemetery is located in Gibson County<2>.
The county seat for Gibson County is located in Trenton. Trenton lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Rutherford Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rutherford Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Rutherford Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rutherford Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Flowers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Flowers Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Cemetery
- Keathy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Keathy Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keathy Cemetery
- Bells Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Bells Chapel Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Chapel Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Bobbitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Bobbitt Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt Cemetery
- Keas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Keas Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keas Cemetery
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2189436 <5>
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- North Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The North Union Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union Cemetery
- Cowan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Cowan Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Cemetery
- Dyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Dyer Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- China Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The China Grove Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove Cemetery
- Sunny Side Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Sunny Side Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Poplar Grove Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove Cemetery
- Bethpage Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethpage Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage Cemetery
- Holly Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Holly Spring Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring Cemetery
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Clear Creek Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek Cemetery
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Bucksnort Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bucksnort Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort Cemetery
- Griers Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Keeley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Keeley Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeley Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia 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 Rutherford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rutherford Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rutherford
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tilghman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Kenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Yorkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Four Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Four Points is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Sidonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Trimble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Tatumville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Brazil
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Obion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Newbern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rives
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Whitway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Troy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ralston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Martin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Terrell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
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 Rutherford Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Gibson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rutherford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bradford
- Dresden
- Dyer
- Greenfield
- Martin
- Milan
- Newbern
- Obion
- Rutherford
- Sharon
- Trenton
- Troy
- Troy lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Rutherford Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Troy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
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 professional and volunteer 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 Rutherford Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Gibson 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 Rutherford Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1322203 (Rutherford Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1322203 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: Gibson
- Est. Elev: 115 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rutherford
- Location given for Rutherford Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.1259009 Lon: -88.9989548
- 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 Gibson, 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 from Point A (ie- Rutherford 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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