A visit to the Straw Hill 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 Straw Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Straw Hill Cemetery:
35.0217, -84.8736
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Straw Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Straw Hill Cemetery is located in Bradley County<2>.
The county seat for Bradley County is located in Cleveland. Cleveland lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of the Straw Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Straw Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Straw Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Straw Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oklahoma Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Oklahoma Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Cemetery
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Mt. Bethel Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Bethel Cemetery
- Hambright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hambright Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambright Cemetery
- Flint Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lusk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McClure Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The McClure Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Cemetery
- Red Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union MB Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19613 <5>
- McKamey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The McKamey Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKamey Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Hoskins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hoskins Cemetery is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Samples Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goode Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Goode Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode Cemetery
- Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Johns Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Cemetery
- Blue Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Blue Springs Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Wesley Ann Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Wesley Ann Cemetery is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Ann Cemetery
- Shields - Harris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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]<3> of the Straw Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Straw Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Earnest ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Earnest is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest
- Red Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Clay is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Clay
- Wildwood Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
- Cohutta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tennga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Howardville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howardville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Oldfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oldfort is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfort
- South Cleveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,912 people
- McDonald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Apison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Apison is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apison
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,469 people
- Ruralvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ruralvale is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralvale
- Cleveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cisco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Play
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- East Cleveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- East Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,608 people
- Mineral Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Park is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Park
- Varnell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sumac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sumac is located in Murray County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Collegedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ocoee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ooltewah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Catoosa Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catoosa Springs is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa Springs
- Crandall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Parksville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Waring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waring is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waring
- Countryside Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Eton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
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 Straw Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bradley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Straw Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cleveland
- Eton
- Eton lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Straw Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Eton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eton
- Ooltewah
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 Straw Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Bradley 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 Straw Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1317985 (Straw Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1317985 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: Bradley
- Est. Elev: 252 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Felker
- Location given for Straw Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.0217424 Lon: -84.8735546
- 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 Bradley, 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- Straw Hill 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. |