Cemeteries on USGS Maps Index: Cemeteries on USGS Maps Rhea County, Tennessee

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Roadmaps:  MapQuest -- copy & paste a cemetery's latitude & longitude (west is negative).
 
Cemetery Name (Variant Name)
 Link to USGS GNIS National Mapping Info.		     Location    
  Link to printable TIGER  
Map (1.5 by 2.5 miles)		 Latitude
 		 Longi-
    tude    		 USGS 7.5' Map*
Link to 2-meter map
( ) = cem. not shown
* In the TerraServer-USGS 7.5-minute 2-m map, the "large" image size is one mile by 3/4 mile (each tile is 1/4 mile by 1/4 mile).
  Above the TerraServer-USGS topo map, there's a link to an USGS aerial photo.  USGS: Topo Map Symbols (another source).
R
Ray Cemetery
0.5 mi. E of Mount Sulphur Cemetery
0.9 mi. NNE of Grandview Church
1.0 mi. N of Hinds Gap		 0.4 mi. ESE of Mt. Sulphur
2 mi. NE of Grandview		 35.77111 84.81333 Roddy
Rhea Memory Gardens (Ref.)
USGS GNIS: Memory Garden
on SE side of Rhea City Hwy/US-27/TN-29
0.9 mi. WNW of Mount Olive Church		 1.8 mi. WNW of Five Points
2 mi. ENE of Graysville		 35.45694 85.04667 Graysville
"Rhea Memory
Garden"
Rhea Springs Cemetery
0.3 mi. NNE of Rhea Springs		 0.2 mi. NNE of Rhea Sprs. (hist.)
2 mi. ESE of Spring City		 35.67917 84.82694 Spring City
Robinson Cemetery
1.0 mi. WSW of Saint Clair School		 0.4 mi. NNE of Lorraine
1.4 mi. SE of Grandview		 35.72722 84.82528 Spring City
Roddy Cemetery [86]
0.8 mi. NNE of Macedonia Church
1.0 mi. SE of Roddy Gap		 0.7 mi. SW of Roddy
3 mi. ENE of Grandview		 35.76500 84.78389 Roddy
Roddy Cemetery [88]
0.3 mi. N of Ross Cemetery
0.3 mi. N of Bethel (Baptist) Church
0.5 mi. SW of Roddy Spring		 0.2 mi. NE of Roddy
4 mi. ENE of Grandview		 35.77361 84.77056 Roddy
Rogers-Newport Cemetery  (see Garrison Cemetery [88])
Ross Cemetery
0.1 mi. SW of Bethel (Baptist) Church
0.3 mi. S of Roddy Cemetery [88]
0.8 mi. SSW of Roddy Spring		 0.2 mi. SE of Roddy
4 mi. ENE of Grandview		 35.76917 84.77083 Roddy
S
Sedman Cemetery
TVA: "Sedman Cemetery" 6
WPA: "Waterhouse Cemetery, Old" 6
Not in USGS GNIS. Location from USGS map.
on island in Watts Bar Lake
0.2 mi. SW of Holiday Resort
0.9 mi. SSE of Mount Zion (Baptist) Church		 0.9 mi. NW of Rhea Sprs. (hist.)
1.3 mi. ESE of Spring City		 35.68532 84.83921 Spring City
Shaver Cemetery [17]
0.3 mi. W of Blue Water Campground
0.4 mi. WSW of Salem (Baptist) Church
0.5 mi. N of Bell Cemetery		 0.9 mi. ESE of Piney Acres
2 mi. ESE of Dayton		 35.48083 84.97806 Big Spring
Shaver Cemetery [21]
0.4 mi. SSE of Kelly Grove (Baptist) Church
0.5 mi. SE of Kelly Grove School (hist.)		 0.9 mi. NE of Piney Acres
1.8 mi. E of Dayton		 35.49528 84.98083 Big Spring
Sims Cemetery
0.5 mi. ENE of Yellow Cr. Fish Hatchery(hist.)		 1.1 mi. SE of Slabtown
6 mi. N of Decatur		 35.60667 84.80417 Decatur
Slave Cemetery
0.4 mi. SSE of Hazelwood Cemetery
0.4 mi. S of Hazelrigs Ferry (hist.)		 2 mi. ESE of Old Washington
5 mi. W of Decatur		 35.51944 84.87750 Evensville
Smith Cemetery
0.4 mi. SSE of Porter Cemetery [48]
0.5 mi. WSW of Porter Lake Dam
0.6 mi. N of Johns Chapel		 1.5 mi. SW of Slabtown
6 mi. S of Spring City		 35.60556 84.84028 Decatur
Smith Cemetery  (see Watkins Cemetery)
Smith-Wilkey Cemetery
(Smith Cemetery)
0.7 mi. N of River Knobs		 2 mi. W of Forest Grove
5 mi. NNW of Decatur		 35.58306 84.82806 Decatur
Smyrna Cemetery
0.1 mi. N of Smyrna (Baptist) Church
0.4 mi. NNW of Smyrna School (hist.)		 1.7 mi. ENE of Evensville 35.57750 84.92944 Evensville
Sneed Cemetery
on E side of a road S off Ray Sneed Rd. (SW
  off Oak Hill Rd. (SE off Rhea City Hwy/
  US-27))
0.2 mi. NW of Brown Cemetery
0.4 mi. SSW of Oak Hill Church
0.4 mi. SW of Oak Hill School (hist.)		 1.8 mi. S of Evensville 35.53833 84.94972 Evensville
Spears Cemetery
0.8 mi. SW of Pennine Baptist Church
0.8 mi. SW of Pennine Post Office (hist.)		 0.8 mi. SW of Pennine
5 mi. SSW of Spring City		 35.62833 84.90528 Pennine
Spence Cemetery
0.6 mi. SW of New Bethel Church
1.3 mi. SE of Rattan Bridge		 3 mi. ESE of Piney Acres
4 mi. ESE of Dayton		 35.46778 84.94139 Big Spring
Spivey Cemetery
0.5 mi. WSW of Hiwassee Ferry (hist.)		 1.9 mi. S of Five Points
5 mi. ESE of Graysville		 35.41806 85.01139 Graysville
Spring City Memory Gardens
Location from USGS map, not USGS GNIS.10
0.2 mi. SSE of WXQK-AM tower (Spr.City) [#1]
0.5 mi. S of Wassom Cemetery		 1.1 mi. SSW of Kemmer Hill
2 mi. SSW of Spring City		 35.66347 84.87782 Pennine
Stebbins Cemetery
0.4 mi. NW of Gum Gap
0.6 mi. SW of Grandview Baptist Church		 0.5 mi. SW of Grandview 35.73833 84.84722 Spring City
Swafford Cemetery
on E side of Dawn Cemetery Road (SE off
  Liberty Hill Rd. (E off Summer City Rd. (NE
  off Dayton Mtn. Hwy/TN-30)))
0.6 mi. W of Liberty Hill School (hist.)		 0.8 mi. W of Liberty Hill
6 mi. WNW of Evensville		 35.59778 85.04861 Morgan Springs
T
Taylor Cemetery
1.0 mi. SE of Knobs, The (summit)		 0.9 mi. NNW of Kyle Sub.
4 mi. WSW of Decatur		 35.50194 84.86556 Decatur
Thompson Cemetery
0.5 mi. ESE of Treadway Cemetery
0.7 mi. SW of Macedonia Church
1.1 mi. ESE of Hinds Gap		 1.2 mi. NNE of Saint Clair
2 mi. E of Grandview		 35.74833 84.79778 Spring City
Thurman Cemetery
1.4 mi. W of Stinging Fork Falls		 3 mi. W of Bonham
6 mi. WNW of Spring City		 35.72167 84.95194 Pennine
Tindell Grave, Lois  [Reference]
Not in USGS GNIS. Location from USGS map.
[1973 USGS map on top of 1992 aerial photo]
124 yd. E-ESE2 of Old Dixie Hwy (SW off
  Watts Bar Hwy/TN-68)
0.21 mi. NE of Yellow Creek (Bapt.) Church
0.5 mi. NNW of Cooke Cemetery
0.7 mi. WSW of Yellow Cr. Fish Hatchery (hist.)		 1.4 mi. S of Slabtown
6 mi. NNW of Decatur		 35.59861 84.82312 Decatur
Treadway Cemetery
0.3 mi. NNE of Parham Cemetery
0.7 mi. SE of Hinds Gap		 1.1 mi. N of Saint Clair
1.9 mi. ENE of Grandview		 35.74972 84.80611 Spring City
U
Unnamed Cemetery [18]
probably "College Hill Cemetery" [reference]
Not in USGS GNIS. Location from USGS map.
on SW side of Memorial Dr. & NW side of
  Memorial St. (SW off Illinois Ave. (NW off
  Market St.))
0.1 mi. ESE of Dayton Masonic Col. (hist.)
0.5 mi. ENE of Mountain View Church (hist.)		 0.2 mi. W of College Hill
0.9 mi. SW of Dayton		 35.48598 85.02457 Graysville
Unnamed Cemetery [66]
Not in USGS GNIS. Location from USGS map.
may be "Spring City Cemetery"
on SE side of Cemetery Road or Main Valley
  Road-W 2nd St.* (SW off Wassom Mem.
  Hwy/TN-68)
0.3 mi. NNE of Wasson Cemetery
0.7 mi. SSW of Central Baptist Church
0.8 mi. SW of Spring City Post Office		 0.4 mi. N of Kemmer Hill
0.8 mi. SW of Spring City
*[MapQuest road map]		 35.68376 84.86984 Spring City
Unnamed Cemetery [69]
Not in USGS GNIS. Location from USGS map.
on Iron Hill Island in Watts Bar Lake
0.5 mi. SSW of Gillespie Cemetery [71]
0.6 mi. WNW of Euchee Old Fields (hist.)		 0.8 mi. S of Iron Hill (hist.)
5 mi. WNW of Ten Mile		 35.69632 84.73781 Ten Mile
V
Vaughn Cemetery
0.2 mi. NNW of Pleasant Dale Church
0.3 mi. NNW of Pleasant Dale School (hist.)		 1.4 mi. SE of Concord
4 mi. ENE of Evensville		 35.58528 84.89056 Evensville
W
Walker Cemetery
0.5 mi. WSW of Valley School (hist.)
0.7 mi. NE of Walnut Grove Church		 1.6 mi. NNE of Sentinel Hts.
2 mi. NNE of Dayton		 35.52472 84.98972 Evensville
Wassom Cemetery
0.2 mi. ESE of WXQK-AM tower (Spr.City)[#2]		 0.7 mi. SW of Kemmer Hill
1.8 mi. SSW of Spring City		 35.67056 84.87778 Pennine
Wasson Cemetery
probably is "Brady-Waterhouse Cemetery"
  which is endangered [references].
[1991 USGS map on top of 1992 aerial photo]
0.13 mi. ESE2 of Cemetery Road (N off Ideal
  Valley Rd. (NW off Rhea Co. Hwy/US-27))
0.3 mi. SSW of Unnamed Cemetery [66]		 0.2 mi. WNW of Kemmer Hill
1.1 mi. SW of Spring City		 35.67917 84.87167 Spring City
Waterhouse Cemetery
0.4 mi. SW of Mynatt Cemetery
0.6 mi. SW of Washington Baptist Church
1.2 mi. SW of Washington School		 0.7 mi. SW of Old Washington
3 mi. SE of Evensville		 35.52806 84.91583 Evensville
Watkins Cemetery
(Smith Cemetery)
0.3 mi. SW of Bogles Chapel
0.3 mi. SSW of Bogles Chapel School (hist.)		 1.3 mi. WNW of Breedenton
3 mi. NNW of Decatur		 35.55444 84.82056 Decatur
Webb Cemetery
0.5 mi. SSW of Smyrna School (hist.)
0.8 mi. S of Smyrna (Baptist) Church		 1.3 mi. E of Evensville 35.56472 84.93194 Evensville
Wolf Creek Cemetery
0.1 mi. WSW of Wolf Creek School (hist.)		 0.9 mi. SW of Wolf Creek
4 mi. S of Spring City		 35.63500 84.86583 Spring City
 
Primary source:  Except for roads and referenced info, the names and coordinates are from the USGS GNIS
database.  The coordinates are converted to decimal degrees and used to calculate distances and directions.
 
Other sources:  1On-site visit.  2USGS map or aerial photo.  5Google Search: Pleasant View Cemetery. 
6Brian Eubanks email.
 
10 Locations different from USGS GNIS database:
        Cemetery          Source (G=GPS; T=TIGER map; 
   U=TerraServer-USGS map)   		  USGS GNIS (decimal)  Difference
French Cemetery U:  35.50145°N,  85.01728°W 35.50167°N,  85.01778°W 0.032 mi. ( 56 yd.)
Lone Mountain Cemetery U:  35.45132°N,  85.06823°W 35.45111°N,  85.06806°W 0.017 mi. ( 31 yd.)
McCaleb Cemetery U:  35.72122°N,  84.72232°W 35.72111°N,  84.72278°W 0.027 mi. ( 47 yd.)
Old Hope Cemetery U:  35.74328°N,  84.72511°W 35.74250°N,  84.72167°W 0.200 mi. (353 yd.)
Spring City Memory Gardens U:  35.66347°N,  84.87782°W 35.66250°N,  84.87778°W 0.067 mi. (118 yd.)
 
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   Updated:  December 2, 2006
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