A visit to the Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Williamsburg Cemetery:
35.4420, -84.1524
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Williamsburg Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Williamsburg Cemetery is located in Monroe County<2>.
The county seat for Monroe County is located in Madisonville. Madisonville lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Williamsburg Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Williamsburg Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Williamsburg Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Williamsburg Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Farrs Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Farrs Chapel Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrs Chapel Cemetery
- Giles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Giles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Giles Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Cemetery
- Little Toqua Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Little Toqua Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Toqua Cemetery
- Tellico Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Tellico Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tellico Cemetery
- Mahan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mahan Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Cemetery
- Cane Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Cane Creek Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek Cemetery
- Stevens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Stevens Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cemetery
- Shaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
- Mt. Isabel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Isabel Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Isabel Cemetery
- Hardin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hardin Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Cemetery
- Hawkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
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- Lindsey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Lindsey Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey Cemetery
- Click Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Click Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Lulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Lulah Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulah Cemetery
- Citico Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Citico Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citico Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Carter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Carter Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Chota Memorial
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Chota Memorial is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chota Memorial
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chota Memorial is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Toqua.
- The Chota Memorial has also been known as:
- Chota Cherokee Memorial
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1410522 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Williamsburg Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Williamsburg Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ballplay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Acorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Belltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Tellico Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Vonore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chilhowee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Trigonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Jalapa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Madisonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Rural Vale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Coker Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Morganton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Happy Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Brick Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Greenback
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mecca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Epperson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Unaka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Lake Santeetlah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Santeetlah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Santeetlah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Lake Santeetlah has also been known as:
- Santeetla
- Santeetlah
- Santultah
- Thunderbird Mountain
- Thunderbird
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Nonaburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
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 Williamsburg Cemetery. The following communities are located in Monroe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Williamsburg Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Madisonville
- Tellico Plains
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Williamsburg Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Monroe 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 Williamsburg Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1274718 (Williamsburg Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1274718 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: Monroe
- Est. Elev: 308 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rafter
- Location given for Williamsburg Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.4420246 Lon: -84.1524129
- 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 Monroe, 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- Williamsburg 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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