A visit to the Academy 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 Academy Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Academy Cemetery:
31.9656, -85.3275
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Academy Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Academy Cemetery is located in Barbour County<2>.
The county seat for Barbour County is located in Clayton. Clayton lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Academy Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Academy Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Academy Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Academy Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Perkins - Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Beauchamp Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cunningham Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Cemetery
- Mt. Serene Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Serene Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Serene Cemetery
- St. Emmnuel AME Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Emmnuel AME Church Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Emmnuel AME Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Emmnuel AME Church Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Eufaula.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2598569 <5>
- Jacksonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Jacksonville Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Cemetery
- Spring Hill UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Sardis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Sardis Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- Bascom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Bascom Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Seay Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Seay Cemetery is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seay Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frost Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Frost Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frost Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Eufaula.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2598521 <5>
- Clayton City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Clayton City Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton City Cemetery
- The Clayton City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clayton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960947 <5>
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ramah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180340 <5>
- Memory Garden Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McGee Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The McGee Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Cemetery
- Haven of Rest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tennille Chapel AME Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Tennille Chapel AME Church Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennille Chapel AME Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tennille Chapel AME Church Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the north of Eufaula.
- The Tennille Chapel AME Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tennell Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26630 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Academy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Academy Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Comer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Comer is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Hawkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkinsville is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Spring Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cotton Hill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Eufaula
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Eddy ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Eddy is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
- Bakerhill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bakerhill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Midway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Quitman County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Rutherford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rutherford is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pine Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Three Notch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Three Notch is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Notch
- Louisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Louisville is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Screamer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Screamer is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Florence
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Florence is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Jernigan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jernigan is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan
- Pittsview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Smuteye
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Smuteye is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smuteye
- Hurtsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Cottonton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonton is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonton
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 Academy Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Barbour County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Academy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Eufaula
- Hurtsboro
- Louisville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Academy Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Barbour 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 Academy Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2576284 (Academy Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2576284 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: Barbour
- Est. Elev: 109 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: White Oak
- Location given for Academy Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.9655556 Lon: -85.3275
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Alabama's counties, including Barbour, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Academy 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> | 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. |
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