A visit to the Bradford 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 Bradford Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bradford Cemetery:
34.7270, -86.6528
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bradford Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bradford Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Huntsville. Huntsville lies just to the east of the Bradford Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 34 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Bradford Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bradford Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- East Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The East Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cemetery
- Nickle - Martin - Rathbone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brandon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Brandon Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon Cemetery
- Northside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Northside Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northside Cemetery
- Maddera Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Maddera Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddera Cemetery
- Binford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Binford Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binford Cemetery
- Merrimack Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Merrimack Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimack Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The King Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Seay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Seay Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seay Cemetery
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Indian Creek Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Cemetery
- Scruggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Scruggs Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Scruggs Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Huntsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26126 <5>
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Huntsville Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Holder Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder Cemetery
- Landman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Landman Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landman Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Matkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Matkins Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matkins Cemetery
- Center Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Center Grove Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove Cemetery
- Seay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Seay Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seay Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Farley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Farley Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley Cemetery
- Faith Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Green Grove Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove Cemetery
- Hancock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hancock Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Cemetery
- Lipscomb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lipscomb Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb Cemetery
- Jordan - Lanier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lanier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Lanier Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanier Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- McDonnell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The McDonnell Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonnell Cemetery
- Sivley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Sivley Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivley Cemetery
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Huntsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24196 <5>
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Taylor Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Bradford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bradford Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rideout Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Chelsea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Huntsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lincoln
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Monrovia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Greenwycke Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Normal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Mercury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Chase
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- English Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Country Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Capshaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Meridianville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Triana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Big Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Ryland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harvest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Swancott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Whitesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Moore's Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Madison Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brownsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Center Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Garner ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
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 Bradford Cemetery. The following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bradford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Bradford Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Bradford Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #114806 (Bradford Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #114806 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 208 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Madison
- Location given for Bradford Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.7270354 Lon: -86.6527728
- 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 Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bradford 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. |