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:
36.4445, -88.4909
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 Henry County<2>.
The county seat for Henry County is located in Paris. Paris lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> 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] of the Woods Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Woods Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethany Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Hays Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Hays Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Cemetery
- Clary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Clary Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clary Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Cavitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Cavitt Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavitt Cemetery
- Hendrix Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hendrix Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix Cemetery
- Mahan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mahan Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Oliver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Oliver Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Cemetery
- Allison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Allison Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Cemetery
- Braswell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Braswell Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell Cemetery
- Kuykendall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Kuykendall Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuykendall Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lawrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Lawrence Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Cemetery
- Wilburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilburn Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn Cemetery
- Nance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Nance Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nance Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Pickard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pickard Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickard Cemetery
- Cardwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Cardwell Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Powell Cemetery is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Cemetery
- Gwinn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gwinn Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwinn Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Caldwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Caldwell Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Cemetery
- Nance Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Nance Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nance Cemetery
- McClain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The McClain Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClain Cemetery
- Paschall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Paschall Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paschall Cemetery
- Maxwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 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:
- Cottage Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bell City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Protemus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- New Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Boston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Whitlock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Puryear
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Lynnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lynnville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Harris Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Tri City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tri City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
- Conyersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Hazel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Latham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Latham is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tumbling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Sedalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- India
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- New Providence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Murray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Murray is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <5>
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Henry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woods Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dresden
- Henry
- Henry lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Woods Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Henry.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Murray
- Paris
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 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 Henry 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 #1275081 (Woods Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1275081 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: Henry
- Est. Elev: 144 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cottage Grove
- Location given for Woods Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4445026 Lon: -88.4908803
- 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 Henry, 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 things 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |