A visit to the Woods 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 Woods Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Woods Cemetery:
36.4776, -83.5807
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Woods Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Woods Cemetery is located in Claiborne County<2>.
The county seat for Claiborne County is located in Tazewell. Tazewell lies just to the southeast of the Woods Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Woods Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Woods Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Woods Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Furgerson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Furgerson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furgerson Cemetery
- Irish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Irish Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Love Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Love Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Cemetery
- Laster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Laster Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laster Cemetery
- Ownes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Ownes Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ownes Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Greer's Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mayes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mayes Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes Cemetery
- Baldwin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Baldwin Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- Oakes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakes Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hoge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Hoge Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Cave Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Willis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Willis Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Cemetery
- Willis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Willis Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Cemetery
- Wylie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wylie Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie Cemetery
- Moody Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Moody Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Cemetery
- Poore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Poore Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poore Cemetery
- Poore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Poore Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poore Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shoemaker Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shoemaker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of New Tazewell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18497 <5>
- Shumaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shumaker Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumaker Cemetery
- Brewster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Brewster Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Hyberry Hollow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Woods Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Woods Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tazewell
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Tazewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Head of Barren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Springdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Lone Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Sandlick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Shawanee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- Harrogate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin
- Raven Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Caney Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Big Barren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Cumberland Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Middlesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Thorn Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Stony Fork Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction
- Premier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Premier is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
- Yellow Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Rutledge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bowen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Xenophon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Edgewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
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 Woods Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Claiborne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woods Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cumberland Gap
- Middlesboro
- New Tazewell
- Rutledge
- Tazewell
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 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 Woods Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Claiborne 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 Woods Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1275082 (Woods Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1275082 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: Claiborne
- Est. Elev: 494 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tazewell
- Location given for Woods Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4775828 Lon: -83.5807418
- 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 Claiborne, 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- Woods 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. |