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:
35.9565, -87.0792
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 Williamson County<2>.
The county seat for Williamson County is located in Franklin. Franklin lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east 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 32 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lampley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Lampley Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lampley Cemetery
- Mangrum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mangrum Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangrum Cemetery
- Chester Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Chester Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Pewitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Pewitt Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewitt Cemetery
- Inman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Inman Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mangrum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Mangrum Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangrum Cemetery
- Overbey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Overbey Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbey Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- McPherson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The McPherson Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson Cemetery
- Harrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Cunningham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cunningham Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Cemetery
- Hudgins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hudgins Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudgins Cemetery
- South Harpeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The South Harpeth Cemetery is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harpeth Cemetery
- Pinkerton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pinkerton Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerton Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Richardson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Anglin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Anglin Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglin Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Garrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Garrison Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison Cemetery
- Hillsboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hillsboro Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Cemetery
- Leipers Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Leipers Fork Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipers Fork Cemetery
- The Leipers Fork Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillsboro - Leipers Fork Cemetery
- Carter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Carter Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Carroll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Carroll Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll Cemetery
- Laine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Laine Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laine Cemetery
- McPherson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The McPherson Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson Cemetery
- Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Bellevue.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12984 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fernvale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
- Fairview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leipers Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Forest Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Old Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Spencers Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Kingston Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Southall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Pegram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Burwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Bell Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- White Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellevue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Flys Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Fly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- Theta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
- Primm Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Hill Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Abiff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Jameson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Thompson's Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <6>
- Watkins ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Burns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tidwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
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 Williamson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Burns
- Fairview
- Franklin
- White Bluff
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Williamson 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 #1270616 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1270616 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: Williamson
- Est. Elev: 189 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fairview
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.9564525 Lon: -87.0791721
- 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 Williamson, 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |