A visit to the Wood 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 Wood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wood Cemetery:
35.0440, -88.1759
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wood Cemetery is located in Hardin County<2>.
The county seat for Hardin County is located in Savannah. Savannah lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Wood Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Wood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Branum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Branum Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branum Cemetery
- Hitchcock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hitchcock Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchcock Cemetery
- Old White Sulphur Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hitchcock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hitchcock Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchcock Cemetery
- White Sulphur Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Garrett Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Cemetery
- Shanghai Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Wates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Wates Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wates Cemetery
- Carson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Carson Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Cemetery
- Burnt Stand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Burnt Stand Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Stand Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
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- Shaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
- Hollands Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Pyburns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pyburns Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburns Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Wood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wood Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Cemetery
- Wood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wood Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Hubbard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hubbard Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Cemetery
- Faint Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Faint Hope Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faint Hope Cemetery
- Porter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Porter Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- Cantrell - Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
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- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Bruton Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Pyburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Lowryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Nash Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Short
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Hamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- New Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Savannah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Michie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Crump
(15 miles [24.1 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 Wood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hardin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Wood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Hardin 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 Wood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1304656 (Wood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1304656 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: Hardin
- Est. Elev: 149 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pickwick
- Location given for Wood Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.0439737 Lon: -88.1758711
- 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 Hardin, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wood 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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