Pounds & Idlewild Cemetery - Idlewild, TN - U.S.A. - Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

The Pounds & Idlewild Cemetery is located in Idlewild, TN. There are approximately 370 graves and 600 folks interred.

Directions are as follows:
From the intersection of Hwy. 54 (Trenton Hwy) and the new Hwy. 45 (four lane) at Bradford, turn south toward Milan. Go 3.2 miles to Olivers Chapel Rd. Turn left on old Hwy 45 and then right on Olivers Chapel Rd. Go .5 mile to the old Idlewild stores. Turn left on Idlewild Hollyleaf Rd. Go .4 mile. Cemetery is on the right.

A popular local saying about Idlewild is that it's "Where the men are idle and the women are wild."

Idlewild is an unincorporated community in Gibson County, Tennessee, United States.

The community began to form in the 1870s. Initially it used the names Thedford and Sprawling, for early settlers with the surnames Thetford and Sprawling. The origin of the Idlewild name is not known. In 1887 Goodspeed's History of Tennessee described Idlewild as a "station on the Illinois Central Railroad south of Bradford," further saying "it was established in 1873, but it has never attained much importance."

Idlewild is the site of a post office, assigned zip code 38346. In 2011 the U.S. Postal Service listed it as one of almost 32,000 post offices being studied as candidates for being replaced by an arrangement to provide retail postal services through another local retail business.

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City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed Approximate number of graves: Not listed Cemetery Status: Not listed Cemetery Website: Not listed

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