A visit to the Thompson 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 Thompson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Thompson Cemetery:
35.7484, -84.7977
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Thompson Cemetery is located in Rhea County<2>.
The county seat for Rhea County is located in Dayton. Dayton lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the southwest of the Thompson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Thompson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Thompson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Thompson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Ray Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Cemetery
- Cummings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Cummings Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Cemetery
- Long Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Long Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cemetery
- Gilliam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Gilliam Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam Cemetery
- Roddy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Roddy Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy Cemetery
- Mt. Sulphur Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Sulphur Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sulphur Cemetery
- Stebbins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Stebbins Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stebbins Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Marsh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Marsh Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cemetery
- Ingle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Ingle Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingle Cemetery
- Horst Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Horst Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horst Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
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- Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Roddy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Roddy Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy Cemetery
- Brewer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brewer Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer Cemetery
- Cash - Foust Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lucknow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Lucknow Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Cemetery
- Gillespie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gillespie Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillespie Cemetery
- Eagle Furnace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Garrison Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison Cemetery
- Bean Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bean Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Cemetery
- Bean Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bean Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bean Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Glen Alice.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9029 <5>
- Clifton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Clifton Cemetery is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Thompson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Thompson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Roddy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Lakewood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Pioneer Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Spring City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Alice
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Jewett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Akeman Crossroad
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Rockwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Surprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Crab Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cute ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Sewee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Postoak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Burke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Cardiff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Prigmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Midtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Decatur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Luttrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Tansi Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Ninemile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Lake Pomeroy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Emory Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
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 Thompson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rhea County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Thompson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cardiff
- Crossville
- Decatur
- Kingston
- Rockwood
- Spring City
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 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 Thompson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Rhea 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 Thompson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1272518 (Thompson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1272518 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: Rhea
- Est. Elev: 258 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Spring City
- Location given for Thompson Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.7484046 Lon: -84.7977215
- 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 Rhea, 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- Thompson 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. |