A visit to the Valentine 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 Valentine Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Valentine Cemetery:
36.4148, -88.9403
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Valentine Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Valentine Cemetery is located in Obion County<2>.
The county seat for Obion County is located in Union City. Union City lies just to the west of the Valentine Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Valentine Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Valentine Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Cheatham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Cheatham Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheatham Cemetery
- Gardner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gardner Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner Cemetery
- Ferrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Ferrell Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell Cemetery
- Johnson Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Grove Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Grove Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Martin.
- The Johnson Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnson Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14092 <5>
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Rankins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rankins Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Cemetery
- Murphey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Murphey Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphey Cemetery
- Gill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Gill Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill Cemetery
- Shaddtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Shaddtown Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaddtown Cemetery
- Gardner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Gardner Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Obion Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Obion Chapel Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion Chapel Cemetery
- Siler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Siler Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Roach Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Roach Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach Cemetery
- Pierce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Pierce Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Cemetery
- Morris Slave Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Morris Slave Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Slave Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- East View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The East View Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View Cemetery
- The East View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eastview Cemetery
- Union City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11611 <5>
- Hurt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hurt Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Pate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pate Cemetery is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Valentine Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Valentine Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Terrell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- McConnell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McConnell is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Pierce Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- Union City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rives
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Ralston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ralston is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Woodland Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Sidonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Cayce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Latham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Latham is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Water Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Kenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fulgham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
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 Valentine Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Obion County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Valentine Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clinton
- Dresden
- Fulton
- Greenfield
- Hickman
- Martin
- Obion
- Sharon
- Troy
- Troy lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Valentine Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Troy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Union City
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Valentine Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Obion 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 Valentine Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1320508 (Valentine Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1320508 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: Obion
- Est. Elev: 98 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Harris
- Location given for Valentine Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4147852 Lon: -88.94034
- 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 Obion, 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- Valentine 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. |
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