A visit to the Whitetaker 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 Whitetaker Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Whitetaker Cemetery:
35.2406, -89.3001
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Whitetaker Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Whitetaker Cemetery is located in Fayette County<2>.
The county seat for Fayette County is located in Somerville. Somerville lies just to the west of the Whitetaker Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Whitetaker Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Whitetaker Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Whitetaker Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Somerville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Somerville Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Rehobeth Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehobeth Cemetery
- Somerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Somerville Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Cemetery
- Stitts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stitts Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitts Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Dupree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Dupree Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupree Cemetery
- Perry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Perry Cemetery is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Peebles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Peebles Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peebles Cemetery
- Hutchins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hutchins Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins Cemetery
- Powell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Powell Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Parks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Parks Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Cemetery
- Gatley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Gatley Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatley Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hobson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hobson Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson Cemetery
- McFerrin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The McFerrin Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFerrin Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Asbury African American Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Asbury African American Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury African American Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Asbury African American Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Somerville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8722 <5>
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Asbury Chapel Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Asbury Chapel Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the south of Somerville.
- The Asbury Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Asbury Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8722 <5>
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Whitetaker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Whitetaker Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Somerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Williston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Williston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Newcastle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Newcastle is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Whiteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Corners is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Corners
- Hickory Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Valley is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Dancyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Macon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Forty Five
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Forty Five is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Five
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- La Grange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- La Grange is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fredonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Grand Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eurekaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eurekaton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eurekaton
- Vildo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vildo is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vildo
- Stanton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hillville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillville
- Ko Ko
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Keeling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Hickory Withe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Canadaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Elba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Saulsbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saulsbury is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Bolivar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mason
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Braden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Whitetaker Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Whitetaker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bolivar
- La Grange
- Somerville
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 Whitetaker Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Fayette 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 Whitetaker Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1274471 (Whitetaker Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1274471 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: Fayette
- Est. Elev: 128 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Somerville
- Location given for Whitetaker Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.2406411 Lon: -89.30007
- 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 Fayette, 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- Whitetaker 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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