A visit to the Sand 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 Sand Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sand Hill Cemetery:
35.0937, -88.4806
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sand Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in McNairy County<2>.
The county seat for McNairy County is located in Selmer. Selmer lies just to the northwest of the Sand Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sand Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Sand Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sand Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pleasant Site Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Gravel Hill Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Michie.
- The Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Michie Church of God Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2458345 <5>
- Pebble Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pebble Hill Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Damron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Damron Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damron Cemetery
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Carter Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Chambers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Houston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Houston Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Cemetery
- Houston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Houston Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Cemetery
- Lorraine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Lorraine Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Chambers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon 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 Sand Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sand Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Caffey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Michie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eastview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Stantonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Guys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Shiloh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ramer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Falcon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Selmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Hamburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Chewalla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Nash Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Corinth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Adamsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Pyburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Crump
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Leapwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Rose Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Creek is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek
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 Sand Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McNairy County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sand Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adamsville
- Corinth
- Falcon
- Purdy
- Purdy lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Sand Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Purdy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Savannah
- Selmer
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 Sand Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to McNairy 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 Sand Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1308740 (Sand Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1308740 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: McNairy
- Est. Elev: 165 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Michie
- Location given for Sand Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.0936956 Lon: -88.4806007
- 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 McNairy, 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 from Point A (ie- Sand 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |