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:
36.4654, -81.8621
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 Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Mountain City. Mountain City lies just to the east of the Wilson Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Wilson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wilson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Morley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Morley Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Crosswhite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Crosswhite Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswhite Cemetery
- Crosswhite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Crosswhite Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswhite Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Cole Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Cemetery
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Cole Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Cemetery
- Phillipps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Phillipps Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipps Cemetery
- Blevins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Blevins Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins Cemetery
- Blevins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Blevins Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins Cemetery
- Blevins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Blevins Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins Cemetery
- Blevins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Blevins Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gentry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gentry Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry Cemetery
- Gentry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gentry Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
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- Wood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wood Cemetery is located in Johnson County
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- Wood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wood Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Cemetery
- Heaberlin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Heaberlin Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaberlin Cemetery
- Heaberlin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Heaberlin Cemetery is located in Johnson County
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- McQueen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The McQueen Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen Cemetery
- McQueen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The McQueen Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Dowell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Dowell Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell Cemetery
- McEwen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The McEwen Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Wills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Wills Cemetery is located in Johnson County
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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:
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Mountain City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fuller
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Shingletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Buladeen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- High Health ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Trade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mabel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Zionville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Grayson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Butler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Gilead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Creston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Roten
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Roten is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Holston Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- Fish Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls
- Sugar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Apple Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Ruthton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ruthton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
- Whaley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Whaley is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Rominger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger
- Vilas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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. The following communities are located in Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Johnson 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 #1327403 (Wilson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1327403 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: Johnson
- Est. Elev: 793 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mountain City
- Location given for Wilson Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.465396 Lon: -81.862062
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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 Johnson, 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' 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |