A visit to the Big Hill 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 Big Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Big Hill Cemetery:
33.4740, -87.9003
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Big Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Big Hill Cemetery is located in Pickens County<2>.
The county seat for Pickens County is located in Carrollton. Carrollton lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the southwest of the Big Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Big Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Big Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Big Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Marvin Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Marvin Hill Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Hill Cemetery
- Ashcraft Corner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Ashcraft Corner Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcraft Corner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ashcraft Corner Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Ashcraft Corner
- Doublebranches Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- New Doublebranches Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Ashcraft Corner
- New Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- Unity Grove Upper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Unity Grove Lower Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Unity Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Unity Grove Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Grove Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Hannah UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hannah UMC Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah UMC Cemetery
- The Hannah UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hannah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23244 <5>
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Big Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Big Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lubbub
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lubbub is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubbub
- Ashcraft Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ashcraft Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcraft Corner
- Kennedy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Reform
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bell is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Gordo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Echola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Echola is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echola
- Coal Fire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Fire is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Fire
- Millport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Belk is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Stansel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stansel is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansel
- McShan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McShan is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McShan
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Lexington is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Rossland City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rossland City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
- Fayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Old Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Fernbank
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fernbank is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Elrod
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Buhl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buhl is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
- Samantha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
- Ethelsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ethelsville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Carrollton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carrollton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Bankston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bankston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Hightogy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hightogy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy
- Stafford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stafford is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
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 Big Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pickens County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Big Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carrollton
- Gordo
- Kennedy
- Millport
- Reform
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Big Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Pickens 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 Big Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #138730 (Big Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #138730 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: Pickens
- Est. Elev: 158 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Palmetto
- Location given for Big Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.4740041 Lon: -87.9002966
- 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 Pickens, 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- Big Hill 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |