A visit to the Wright 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 Wright Cemetery ...
The Wright Cemetery is located in Dyer County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Atkins Cemetery
- The Atkins Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Bailey Cemetery
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Bledsoe Cemetery
- The Bledsoe Cemetery is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe Cemetery
- Church Grove Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Dyer County Cemetery
- The Dyer County Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Gauldin Cemetery
- The Gauldin Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Hopewell Cemetery
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Hurricane Hill Cemetery
- Jenkins Cemetery
- The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Memorial Park Cemetery
- The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Dyersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15591 <2>
- Memorial Park
- The Memorial Park is located in Dyer County
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- Neely Chapel Cemetery
- Newbern Cemetery
- The Newbern Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Oak Grove Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Poplar Cemetery
- The Poplar Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Self Cemetery
- The Self Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Shaw Cemetery
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Walker Cemetery
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Dyer County
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- Zion Cemetery
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Obion County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wright Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Ayers
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
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- Bishop
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
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- Bogota
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
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- Boothspoint
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
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- Caruthersville
- Dyersburg
- Finley
- Finley is located in Dyer County
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- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Fowlkes
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
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- Friendship
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Halls
- Hornbeak
- Meacham
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
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- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mengelwood
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
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- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Middle City
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
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- Newbern
- Obion
- Obion is located in Obion County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Owl City
- Owl City is located in Lake County
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- Richwoods
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
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- Ridgely
- Samburg
- Tatumville
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
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- Tigrett
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
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- Tilghman
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
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- Trimble
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Troy
- Unionville
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
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- Yorkville
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
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 Wright Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dyer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wright Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Caruthersville
- Dyersburg
- Friendship
- Halls
- Newbern
- Obion
- Ridgely
- Troy
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 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 Wright Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Dyer 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 Wright Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1304688 (Wright Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1304688 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: Dyer
- Est. Elev: 142 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lane
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Dyer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wright Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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