A visit to the Sam Smith 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 Sam Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sam Smith Cemetery:
35.1790, -87.3900
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sam Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sam Smith Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Lawrenceburg. Lawrenceburg lies just to the northeast of the Sam Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sam Smith Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Sam Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sam Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Collier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Belew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Belew Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew Cemetery
- Nelson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Nelson Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Leoma Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Leoma Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoma Cemetery
- Crews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Crews Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews Cemetery
- Fuller Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fuller Chapel Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Chapel Cemetery
- Freemon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Freemon Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemon Cemetery
- Dunn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Dunn Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Houser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Houser Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houser Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Bumpass Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Bumpass Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpass Cemetery
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pea Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pea Ridge Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge Cemetery
- Boswell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Boswell Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boswell Cemetery
- Kilburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Kilburn Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilburn Cemetery
- Luna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Luna Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna Cemetery
- McClain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The McClain Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClain Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Blue Water Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Blue Water Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Water Cemetery
- Center Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Center Point Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Point Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Leoma.
- The Center Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Center Point UMC Cemetery
- Centerpoint Cemetery
- Be careful, some people have confused the Center Point Cemetery with the Sam Smith Cemetery and the .
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130387 <5>
- Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Leoma.
- The Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Center Point Cemetery
- Centerpoint Cemetery
- Be careful, some people have confused the Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery with the Sam Smith Cemetery and the .
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188178 <5>
- Gum Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Gum Springs Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs Cemetery
- Mimosa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Lawrenceburg City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Sam Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sam Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Leoma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Busby
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Lawrenceburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Loretto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Westpoint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Flatwoods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Park Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Fall River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Saint Joseph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ethridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rascal Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Weakley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Belew ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Appleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Bodenham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Webber City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Lexington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Henryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Iron City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Arkdell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Minor Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Liberty Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Green Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Bethel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Anthony Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
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 Sam Smith Cemetery. The following communities are located in Lawrence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sam Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sam Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Lawrence 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 Sam Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1300625 (Sam Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1300625 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: Lawrence
- Est. Elev: 227 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Long Branch
- Location given for Sam Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.1789696 Lon: -87.3900184
- 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 Lawrence, 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- Sam Smith 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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