A visit to the Shaw 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 Shaw Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shaw Cemetery:
36.6698, -87.9572
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Shaw Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Shaw Cemetery is located in Stewart County<2>.
The county seat for Stewart County is located in Dover. Dover lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Shaw Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Shaw Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Shaw Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shaw Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Shaw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
- Cherry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Cherry Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Cemetery
- Outland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Outland Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outland Cemetery
- Champion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Champion Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Cemetery
- Wiggins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Wiggins Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Pettit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Pettit Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Cemetery
- Sills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Sills Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sills Cemetery
- Jimerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Jimerson Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimerson Cemetery
- Acree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Acree Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acree Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Acree Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of Dover.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1761737 <5>
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Rushing Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dilday Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Dilday Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilday Cemetery
- Rushing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Rushing Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing Cemetery
- Vinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Vinson Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Cemetery
- Hendon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hendon Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendon Cemetery
- Barrow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Barrow Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrow Cemetery
- Cathey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cathey Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathey Cemetery
- Houston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Houston Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Cemetery
- Sills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Sills Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sills Cemetery
- Neville Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Kingins - Brandon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Kingins - Brandon Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingins - Brandon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kingins - Brandon Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Bumpus Mills.
- The Kingins - Brandon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kingins Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14354 <5>
- Brandon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Brandon Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon Cemetery
- Wallace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Shaw Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shaw Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Snider
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Bumpus Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <6>
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Cadiz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trigg Furnace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Legate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Caledonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Almo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Almo is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Indian Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- LaFayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bennettstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bennettstown is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettstown
- Fairdealing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Olive is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Dexter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Murray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <6>
- Newstead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newstead is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Hardin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gracey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gracey is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Wallonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Lamasco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
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 Shaw Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Stewart County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shaw Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cadiz
- Dover
- Hardin
- LaFayette
- Murray
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Shaw Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Stewart 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 Shaw Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1308972 (Shaw Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1308972 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: Stewart
- Est. Elev: 124 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Linton
- Location given for Shaw Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.6697739 Lon: -87.9572474
- 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 Stewart, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shaw 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. |