A visit to the Wilson 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 Wilson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wilson Cemetery:
36.1767, -84.2180
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wilson Cemetery is located in Anderson County<2>.
The county seat for Anderson County is located in Clinton. Clinton lies just to the southeast of the Wilson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wilson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Wilson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wilson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Indian Bluff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Indian Bluff Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bluff Cemetery
- Miners Circle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Miners Circle Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Circle Cemetery
- Briceville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Briceville Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briceville Cemetery
- Graves Gap Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Graves Gap Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Gap Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Lovely Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lovely Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely Cemetery
- Hoskins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Hoskins Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Seivers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Seivers Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivers Cemetery
- Edwards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Edwards Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mountain Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Matt Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Matt Phillips Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matt Phillips Cemetery
- New Pilot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The New Pilot Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pilot Cemetery
- Asslinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Asslinger Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asslinger Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Lively Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Lively Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively Cemetery
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Vowell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Vowell Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell Cemetery
- Hamblen - Parker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robbins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Robbins Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Shinlever Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Shinlever Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinlever Cemetery
- Beets Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Beets Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beets Cemetery
- Black Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Black Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cemetery
- Clinch River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Clinch River Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinch River Cemetery
- McGhee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The McGhee Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee Cemetery
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
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]<3> of the Wilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wilson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rocky Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Former names for Rocky Top:
- Coal Creek
- Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <6>
- Leinarts
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shea is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peak is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Norris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Panther ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Panther is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Andersonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 472 people
- Hatmaker ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Tupper Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tupper Town is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupper Town
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oliver Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Claxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claxton is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Heiskell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Smoky Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smoky Junction is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Junction
- Hembree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- Kelley Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kelley Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
- Petros
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Petros is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
- Scarboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Volunteer Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
- Demory
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Demory is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demory
- Montgomery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
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 Wilson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Anderson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clinton
- Jacksboro
- Norris
- Oliver Springs
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Wilson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Anderson 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 Wilson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1274811 (Wilson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1274811 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: Anderson
- Est. Elev: 645 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lake City
- Location given for Wilson Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.1767457 Lon: -84.2179804
- 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 Anderson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilson 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. |