A visit to the Vinson 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 Vinson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Vinson Cemetery:
36.6098, -88.0253
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Vinson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Vinson Cemetery is located in Stewart County<2>.
The county seat for Stewart County is located in Dover. Dover lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southeast of the Vinson Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Vinson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Vinson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Vinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Vinson Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Barrow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Barrow Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrow Cemetery
- Hendon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hendon Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendon Cemetery
- Oak Level Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Oak Level Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level Cemetery
- Kimbro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Kimbro Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbro Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Brigham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Brigham Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham Cemetery
- Dill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dill Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Rushing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Rushing Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing Cemetery
- Rushing Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Dilday Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Dilday Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilday Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- Blood River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Blood River Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blood River Cemetery
- Lassiter #4 Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Lassiter #4 Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassiter #4 Cemetery
- The Lassiter #4 Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lassiter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2177356 <5>
- Lasster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Lasster Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasster Cemetery
- Mallory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mallory Cemetery is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Cemetery
- Marbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Marbury Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbury Cemetery
- Wallace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Pettit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pettit Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Vinson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Vinson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Snider
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- New Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpus Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Providence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Dover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <6>
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Canton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Almo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Almo is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Murray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Dexter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Hazel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Conyersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Legate
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Olive is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Hardin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Mound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Trigg Furnace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Puryear
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Cadiz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdealing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- McKinnon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Kirksey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- LaFayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harris Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
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 Vinson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Stewart County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Vinson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cadiz
- Cadiz lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Vinson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cadiz.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Dover
- Hardin
- LaFayette
- Murray
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 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 Vinson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Stewart 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 Vinson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1273479 (Vinson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1273479 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: Stewart
- Est. Elev: 117 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hamlin
- Location given for Vinson Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.6097748 Lon: -88.0253065
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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 Stewart, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vinson 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. |