A visit to the Blythe Memorial 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 Blythe Memorial Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Blythe Memorial Cemetery:
34.6551, -87.5292
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Blythe Memorial Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Blythe Memorial Cemetery is located in Colbert County<2>.
The county seat for Colbert County is located in Tuscumbia. Tuscumbia lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Blythe Memorial Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Blythe Memorial Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Blythe Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- LaGrange Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The LaGrange Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange Cemetery
- Preuit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Preuit Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preuit Cemetery
- Rand Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Rand Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand Cemetery
- Jenkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The King Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Gargis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gargis Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargis Cemetery
- Ricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Ricks Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks Cemetery
- Mt. Zion FWB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The King Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Leigh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Leigh Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leigh Cemetery
- Mayers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mayers Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayers Cemetery
- Glendale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Glendale Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Cemetery
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- Aycock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Aycock Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aycock Cemetery
- Gargis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Gargis Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargis Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The King Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Roden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Roden Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roden Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Bickley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Bickley Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley Cemetery
- Gunn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Gunn Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn Cemetery
- Old Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ligon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Ligon Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon Cemetery
- String Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The String Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Cemetery
- Madding Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Madding Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madding Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Blythe Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Blythe Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
- Edmond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Leighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Nitrate City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- Town Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Muscle Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Littleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
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- Hatton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Ford City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- White House Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Wilson Dam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- South Florence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Tuscumbia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bainbridge ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Courtland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Courtland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Red Bank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Wheeler Dam Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Florence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sheffield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
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 Blythe Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Colbert County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Blythe Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Courtland
- Florence
- Leighton
- Muscle Shoals
- Sheffield
- Town Creek
- Tuscumbia
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 professional and volunteer 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 Blythe Memorial Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Colbert 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 Blythe Memorial Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #114625 (Blythe Memorial Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #114625 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: Colbert
- Est. Elev: 180 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Leighton
- Location given for Blythe Memorial Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.6550908 Lon: -87.5291929
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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 Colbert, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blythe Memorial 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. |