A visit to the Big Hurricane 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 Hurricane Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Big Hurricane Cemetery:
33.2290, -87.3228
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Big Hurricane Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Big Hurricane Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County<2>.
The county seat for Tuscaloosa County is located in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of the Big Hurricane Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Big Hurricane Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Big Hurricane Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Big Hurricane Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Christian Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Hurricane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east of Tuscaloosa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22723 <5>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- West Brookwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bankston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Bankston Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston Cemetery
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Asia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The New Asia Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Asia Cemetery
- Ruhama Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Ruhama Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruhama Cemetery
- Coaling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Coaling Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Thomas Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Thomas Chapel Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Chapel Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Scales Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Scales Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales Cemetery
- Boyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Garners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Garners Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garners Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Garners Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Peterson.
- The Garners Cemetery has also been known as:
- Riley Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22966 <5>
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Cottondale Nature Garden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Cemetery
- Ward Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Ward Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- Mt. Gillard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Gillard Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Gillard Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Big Hurricane Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Big Hurricane Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brookwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Coaling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coaling is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,633 people
- Peterson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Peterson is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Vance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cottondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kellerman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kellerman is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerman
- Abernant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Abernant is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernant
- North Bibb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Bibb is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bibb
- Holt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Holt is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Blocton Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blocton Junction is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton Junction
- Blocton Junction has also been known as:
- Blockton Junc
- Wood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wood Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Village
- Alberta City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alberta City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta City
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Green Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lake View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- University
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- University is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Sahama Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sahama Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahama Village
- Duncanville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Duncanville is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Hagler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hagler is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- West Blocton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burmah ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burmah is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmah
- Bull City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Tuscaloosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pearson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pearson is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Fikestown ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fikestown is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fikestown
- Bucktown ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bucktown is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Blocton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blocton is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton
- Corinne ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corinne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
- Italian Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Italian Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Town
- Tannehill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Northport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ingleside Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ingleside Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Village
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 Hurricane Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tuscaloosa County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Big Hurricane Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blocton - Historic
- Tuscaloosa
- University
- West Blocton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hurricane Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Tuscaloosa 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 Hurricane Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #147875 (Big Hurricane Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #147875 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: Tuscaloosa
- Est. Elev: 160 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Coaling
- Location given for Big Hurricane Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.2290059 Lon: -87.3227782
- 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 Tuscaloosa, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Big Hurricane 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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