A visit to the Bristow 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 Bristow Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bristow Cemetery:
34.1984, -85.9561
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bristow Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bristow Cemetery is located in Etowah County<2>.
The county seat for Etowah County is located in Gadsden. Gadsden lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Bristow Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bristow 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 Bristow Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bristow Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Patrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Patrick Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Cemetery
- Belchers Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Belchers Chapel Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchers Chapel Cemetery
- The Belchers Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belcher Cemetery
- Belcher's Gap Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #767528 <5>
- Lipscomb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Lipscomb Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb Cemetery
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harbour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Harbour Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Duck Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Duck Springs Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs Cemetery
- Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Mathis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mathis Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Nicholson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Nicholson Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Cemetery
- Gilbreath Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Gilbreath Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbreath Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Corinth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Corinth Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Cemetery
- Freedom Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Freedom Baptist Church Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Freedom Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corinth Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Whitesboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Whitesboro Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Collinsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Collinsville Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collinsville Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Kerley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Kerley Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kerley Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Freeman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bristow Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bristow Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Yancy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Keener
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Duck Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Cotnam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Rodentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Whitesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Crossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Crudup
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Wilsonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Collinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Dawson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Turkeytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Rains ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Reece City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reece City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
- Coat's Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Sardis City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Mountainboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Carlisle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Geraldine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Black Creek Falls ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Black Creek Falls is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Falls
- Edwardsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Leesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Mount Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Boaz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Bristow Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Etowah County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bristow Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boaz
- Collinsville
- Crossville
- Geraldine
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 Bristow Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Etowah 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 Bristow Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #114925 (Bristow Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #114925 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: Etowah
- Est. Elev: 195 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Keener
- Location given for Bristow Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1984277 Lon: -85.9560826
- 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 Etowah, 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- Bristow 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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