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:
36.1906, -87.6817
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 Humphreys County<2>.
The county seat for Humphreys County is located in Waverly. Waverly lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Richardson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Batson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Batson Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson Cemetery
- Sinks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sinks Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks Cemetery
- Cleghern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Cleghern Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleghern Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Knight Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Knight Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Cemetery
- The Knight Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cumberland Valley Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14395 <5>
- Ridings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ridings Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridings Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
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- Curtis Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Curtis Chapel Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Chapel Cemetery
- Hooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hooper Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper Cemetery
- The Hooper Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hooper - Hatcher Cemetery
- Coleman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Coleman Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Cemetery
- Yates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Yates Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Cemetery
- Harvey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Harvey Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Stockard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Stockard Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockard Cemetery
- Damesworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Damesworth Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damesworth Cemetery
- Bateman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Bateman Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman Cemetery
- Long Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Long Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cemetery
- Hooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hooper Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper Cemetery
- Robertson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Robertson Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson 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 Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- McEwen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Omega ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Erin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tennessee Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Vanleer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Slayden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Cumberland City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- McKinnon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hurricane Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Throckmorton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Plant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Dunn Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Woods Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Dickson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Charlotte
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Faxon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Whitehouse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Louise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- New Johnsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Stayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
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. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Humphreys County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bakerville
- Charlotte
- Cumberland City
- Dickson
- Erin
- McEwen
- Waverly
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 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Humphreys 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 #1270630 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1270630 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: Humphreys
- Est. Elev: 233 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Woolworth
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.1906133 Lon: -87.6816864
- 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 Humphreys, 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- 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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