A visit to the 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
35.6220, -86.4847
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Bedford County<2>.
The county seat for Bedford County is located in Shelbyville. Shelbyville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south of the Smith Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Barnes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- McLean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The McLean Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean Cemetery
- Tarpley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Tarpley Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpley Cemetery
- Tucker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Morton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Morton Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Cemetery
- Wheelhouse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Wheelhouse Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelhouse Cemetery
- Burton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Burton Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Cemetery
- Springer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Springer Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer Cemetery
- Steele Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Steele Cemetery is located in Bedford County
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- Blankenship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Blankenship Cemetery is located in Bedford County
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- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
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- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Webb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Webb Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Cemetery
- Hoskins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hoskins Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins Cemetery
- Jarrett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Jarrett Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett Cemetery
- Morton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Morton Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Adcock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Steele Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Steele Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Cemetery
- Ransom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Ransom Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Cemetery
- Dozier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Dozier Cemetery is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier Cemetery
- Smotherman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Smotherman Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smotherman Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Vannatta
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Longview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Midland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bell Buckle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shelbyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Wartrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rucker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Chapel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Burns Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Eagleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holts Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Haley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Beechgrove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whitaker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Allisona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Anes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Snell ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Snell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
- Cortner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Patterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Gossburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Dillton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- College Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
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 Smith Cemetery. The following communities are located in Bedford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 websites either 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Bedford 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1270607 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1270607 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: Bedford
- Est. Elev: 235 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Deason
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6220137 Lon: -86.4847152
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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 Bedford, 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- 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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