A visit to the Bird 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 Bird Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bird Cemetery:
34.0701, -86.3291
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bird Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bird Cemetery is located in Blount County<2>.
The county seat for Blount County is located in Oneonta. Oneonta lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Bird Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bird Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Bird Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bird Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ellison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Ellison Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Cemetery
- Cornelius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Cornelius Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius Cemetery
- Altoona - Walnut Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Altoona - Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona - Walnut Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Altoona - Walnut Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Walnut Grove.
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Altoona Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Altoona Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona Cemetery
- Robbins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Robbins Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Cemetery
- Bynum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bynum Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum Cemetery
- Moody Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Moody Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Cemetery
- Sauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Sauls Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauls Cemetery
- Morton Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- Lamb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Lamb Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lamb Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Clarence
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Painter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Painter Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Cemetery
- Moodys Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Clear Creek Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek Cemetery
- New Clear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Holland Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Cemetery
- Gunter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Gunter Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Gallant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Gallant Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bird Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bird Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Walnut Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Altoona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wynnville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Bird ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Snead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Highmound
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Susan Moore
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Clarence
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Fridays Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Gallant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Douglas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Hoods Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Taits Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Craig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Howelton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- McLarty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Whitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Bright Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Benson ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Egypt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Greer ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Horton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
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 Bird Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Blount 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 Bird Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #114364 (Bird Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #114364 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: Blount
- Est. Elev: 283 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Altoona
- Location given for Bird Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.0700966 Lon: -86.3291482
- 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 Blount, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bird 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. |