A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
36.9426, -81.9626
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Russell County<2>.
The county seat for Russell County is located in Lebanon. Lebanon lies just to the west southwest of the Smith Cemetery .
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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 Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Powers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Browning Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Browning Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Boyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Howard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- McFarlane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The McFarlane Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlane Cemetery
- Hess Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hess Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Hess Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hess Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Hess Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hess Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Lynch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lynch Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Cemetery
- Helton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Helton Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Elliott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Elliott Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Hendricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hendricks Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Burk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Burk Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burk Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Kendrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Kendrick Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Honaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Honaker Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Howard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Ball Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Ball Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Yates Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Yates Family Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Pauper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pauper Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Browning Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Browning Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Ferguson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ferguson Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Garrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Garrett Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Fogleman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fogleman Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogleman Cemetery
- Fields Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Bays Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bays Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Price Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Deniston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Deniston Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Counts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Counts Cemetery is located in Russell County
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- Stump Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Stump Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Cemetery
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 Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Barnett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett is located in Russell County
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- Elk Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elk Garden is located in Russell County
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- Honaker
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring City is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Artrip
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Artrip is located in Russell County
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- Russell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Dye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dye is located in Russell County
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- Brumley Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brumley Gap is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumley Gap
- Glenford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glenford is located in Washington County
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- Lindell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lindell is located in Washington County
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- Allison Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Allison Gap is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Gap
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cardwell Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cardwell Town is located in Smyth County
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- Cleveland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cleveland is located in Russell County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Clinchburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clinchburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchburg
- Saltville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Paintlick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paintlick is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintlick
- Raven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Raven is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Council
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Council is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Kiser ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kiser is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Jessees Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jessees Mill is located in Russell County
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- Lowland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lowland is located in Washington County
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- Holston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holston is located in Washington County
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- Rowe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rowe is located in Buchanan County
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- Steeleburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Steeleburg is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeleburg
- Richlands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Red Ash
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Red Ash is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
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 Smith Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Russell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cleveland
- Honaker
- Lebanon
- Richlands
- Saltville
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 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Russell 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1487332 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1487332 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: Russell
- Est. Elev: 678 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elk Garden
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.942611 Lon: -81.9626253
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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 Virginia's counties, including Russell, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smith 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. |