Light Cemetery

Light Cemetery is a cemetery in Dyer, Tennessee. Light Cemetery is situated nearby to the hamlet Finley, as well as near Big Boy Junction.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Cemetery

Pleasant Hill Cemetery, also known as Old Finley Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in Finley, Tennessee. It was established circa 1852. Several veterans of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War are buried here, including Nathaniel Pritchell of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, Joseph J. Pleasant Hill Cemetery is situated 2 miles west of Light Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Finley and Big Boy Junction.

Finley

Hamlet

Finley is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. It is located roughly 5.5 miles west of downtown Dyersburg along Tennessee State Route 104. Finley is situated 2 miles southwest of Light Cemetery.

Big Boy Junction

Hamlet

Big Boy Junction is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. Flooding from the Mississippi River, located 10 mi west of Big Boy Junction, occasionally reaches the settlement. Big Boy Junction is situated 3 miles west of Light Cemetery.

Dyersburg

Town

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Dyersburg is a city in and the county seat of Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. It is located in northwest Tennessee, 79 miles northeast of Memphis on the Forked Deer River. The population was 16,164 at the 2020 census, down 5.72% from the 2010 census. Dyersburg is situated 3½ miles east of Light Cemetery.

Light Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Dyer, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.05097° or 36° 3′ 4″ north

Longitude

-89.4465° or 89° 26′ 47″ west

Elevation

344 feet (105 metres)

Open location code

868G3H23+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1238644118

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

4636791

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