A visit to the Stephens 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 Stephens Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Stephens Cemetery:
36.4812, -88.3156
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Stephens Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Stephens Cemetery is located in Henry County<2>.
The county seat for Henry County is located in Paris. Paris lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south of the Stephens Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Stephens Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Stephens Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Stephens Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Overcast Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Overcast Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overcast Cemetery
- Hendrix Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hendrix Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix Cemetery
- Provine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Provine Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provine Cemetery
- Bradley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bradley Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Cemetery
- Bradley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bradley Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Cemetery
- Carson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Carson Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Puryear City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Puryear City Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Puryear City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Puryear.
- The Puryear City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Cemetery
- Puryear Cemetery
- Puryear Memorial Garden
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183381 <5>
- Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Potts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Potts Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Cemetery
- Conyersville Community Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Conyersville Community Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Conyersville Community Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Puryear.
- The Conyersville Community Cemetery has also been known as:
- Conyersville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10779 <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Conyersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Conyersville Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville Cemetery
- Lankford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lankford Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Cemetery
- Green Plains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Green Plains Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Plains Cemetery
- Yow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Yow Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Cemetery
- Humphreys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Humphreys Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Littleton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Littleton Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Cemetery
- Lafever Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Lafever Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafever Cemetery
- Valentine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Valentine Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Stephens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Stephens Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hazel
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Puryear
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Conyersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- New Providence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Whitlock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Murray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Harris Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- India
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- New Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Protemus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Bell City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Cottage Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Boston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Boston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Almo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Almo is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Tri City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tri City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
- Kirksey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Lynnville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lynnville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
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 Stephens Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Henry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Stephens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Stephens Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Henry 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 Stephens Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1271334 (Stephens Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1271334 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: Henry
- Est. Elev: 172 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Puryear
- Location given for Stephens Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4811673 Lon: -88.3155965
- 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 Henry, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stephens 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. |