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:
36.5507, -82.3351
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 Sullivan County<2>.
The county seat for Sullivan County is located in Blountville. Blountville lies just to the south 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 32 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.
- Wolford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Wolford Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolford Cemetery
- Acuff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blountville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Blountville Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountville Cemetery
- Mackey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Mackey Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Cemetery
- Barr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Barr Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr Cemetery
- Fauver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Fauver Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauver Cemetery
- Stine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Stine Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stine Cemetery
- Drake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Drake Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake Cemetery
- Rhee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Rhee Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhee Cemetery
- Gunnings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Gunnings Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnings Cemetery
- Adams Chapel UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Seneker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Seneker Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneker Cemetery
- Fulkerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Fulkerson Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulkerson Cemetery
- Snapp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Snapp Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snapp Cemetery
- Holt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Holt Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Latture Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Latture Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latture Cemetery
- Cutsinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Cutsinger Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutsinger Cemetery
- Harr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Harr Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harr Cemetery
- Pendleton - Neil Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pendleton - Neil Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton - Neil Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pendleton - Neil Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the east of Bloomingdale.
- The Pendleton - Neil Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pendleton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #16972 <5>
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Weaver Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Cemetery
- Hines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hines Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines Cemetery
- Carden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Carden Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carden Cemetery
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodgrass Cemetery
- Dishner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Dishner Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dishner Cemetery
- Deck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Deck Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck Cemetery
- Staubus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Staubus Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staubus Cemetery
- Seneker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Seneker Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneker Cemetery
- Webb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Webb Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Cemetery
- Combs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Combs Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs 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:
- Blountville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beechnut City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beechnut City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut City
- Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cross is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,330 people
- Mill Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Point is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
- Sac ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sac is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
- Akard Addition
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Akard Addition is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akard Addition
- Lella ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lella is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Thom ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom
- Rock City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rock City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Bluff City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
- Former name for Bluff City:
- Zollicoffer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <6>
- Colby ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Orebank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Bristol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Piney Flats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Childress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Childress is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Beechwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Colonial Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spurgeon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Forest Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Horace ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
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 Sullivan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blountville
- Bluff City
- Bristol
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 helpful 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 Wilson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Sullivan 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 #1274823 (Wilson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1274823 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: Sullivan
- Est. Elev: 537 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Blountville
- Location given for Wilson Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.5506585 Lon: -82.3351401
- 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 Sullivan, 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- 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. |