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A visit to the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Bethel AME Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bethel AME Church Cemetery (FG ID #2589003).

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 Bethel AME Church Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethel AME Church Cemetery:

31.7224, -86.0892

The Bethel AME Church Cemetery is located in Pike County<2>.

The county seat for Pike County is located in Troy. Troy lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast of the Bethel AME Church Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Bethel AME Church Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Bethel AME Church Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethel AME Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
  • Spillars Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Spillars Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillars Cemetery
  • Old Salem Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Cemetery
  • Davidson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Davidson Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson Cemetery
  • Elam - Davidson Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Goshen First Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Old Mt. Zion MB Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • William Carter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Hillard & Howard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Henderson Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The Lewis Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Hopewell Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
    • Sanford - Barron Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadows Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • The Meadows Cemetery is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Cemetery
    • Williams Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
    • Spears Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Spears Cemetery is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Cemetery
    • Henderson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Henderson Cemetery is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
    • Davis Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Davis Cemetery is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
    • Hepzibah Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Hepzibah Cemetery is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepzibah Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bethel AME Church Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethel AME Church Cemetery, with the nearest first:

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 Bethel AME Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pike County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethel AME Church Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Luverne

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 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 Bethel AME Church Cemetery:

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 Bethel AME Church Cemetery:

Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2589003

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Pike, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bethel AME Church 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.