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A visit to the Union Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Union Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Cemetery

Lat:   35.9998°   (35° 59' 59")

Lon:   -83.7880°   (-83° 47' 16")

The Union Cemetery is located in Knox County<2>.

The county seat for Knox County is located in Knoxville. Knoxville lies just to the west southwest of the Union Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Perry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Perry Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Plumlee Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plumlee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plumlee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Plumlee Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Bair Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bair Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bair Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bair Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Turley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Turley Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Armstrong Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Armstrong Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Armstrong Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Bounds Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bounds Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bounds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bounds Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Bounds Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bounds Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bounds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bounds Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Armstrong Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Old Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Salem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • McCubbins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCubbins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCubbins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McCubbins Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Cobbs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cobbs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cobbs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cobbs Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Burroughs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burroughs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burroughs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Burroughs Cemetery is located in Knox County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Biagiotti Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Biagiotti Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Biagiotti Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Biagiotti Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • England - Legg Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the England - Legg Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the England - Legg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The England - Legg Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jack Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jack Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jack Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • Campbell Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campbell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campbell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Campbell Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • Dailey Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dailey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dailey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dailey Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • McMillan Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMillan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMillan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McMillan Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • Beal Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beal Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Beal Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • Sherrod Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherrod Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherrod Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sherrod Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • Strong Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

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 Union Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Wooddale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
    • Wooddale is located in Knox County
  • Riverdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riverdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
    • Riverdale is located in Knox County
  • Highpoint ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highpoint have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
    • Highpoint is located in Knox County
  • John Sevier
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Sevier
    • John Sevier is located in Knox County
  • McMillan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMillan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
    • McMillan is located in Knox County
  • Lyonton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyonton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton
    • Lyonton is located in Knox County
  • Mascot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mascot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
    • Mascot is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
  • Peters Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
    • Peters Mill is located in Knox County
  • Thorn Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
    • Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
  • Park City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Park City is located in Knox County
  • Whites Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whites Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
    • Whites Village is located in Knox County
  • Shooks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
    • Shooks is located in Knox County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Maloneyville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maloneyville
      • Maloneyville is located in Knox County
    • Skaggston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggston
      • Skaggston is located in Knox County
    • Beverly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beverly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
      • Beverly is located in Knox County
    • Knoxville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Colonial Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
      • Colonial Village is located in Knox County
    • Strawberry Plains
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Seymour
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
      • Seymour is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seymour <7>
    • Oak City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
      • Oak City is located in Sevier County
    • Boyds Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyds Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
      • Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
    • Murphy Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
      • Murphy Hills is located in Knox County
    • Fountain City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
      • Fountain City is located in Knox County
    • Halls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
      • Halls is located in Knox County
    • Marble City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
      • Marble City is located in Knox County
    • Bonny Kate
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
      • Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
    • Zacharytown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zacharytown
      • Zacharytown is located in Knox County
    • Corryton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Knox County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Union Cemetery:

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 Union Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1273189  (Union Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1273189 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Shooks Gap
    • County: Knox         Elev: 287
    • Location given for GNIS #1273189 (Union Cemetery)

The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.org/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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 Knox, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Union Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9998, Longitude: -83.7880       In this case, the coordinates for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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