A visit to the Brock 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 Brock Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brock Cemetery:
34.3523, -87.7978
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brock Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brock Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Russellville. Russellville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Brock Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brock Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Brock Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brock Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Stone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Stone Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cemetery
- J.R. Swinney Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The J.R. Swinney Family Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J.R. Swinney Family Cemetery
- The J.R. Swinney Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Swinney Family Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- The Shady Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shady Grove FWB Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2394766 <5>
- Wade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Wade Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Cemetery
- Lawler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Lawler Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler Cemetery
- Grissom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Grissom Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grissom Cemetery
- Cleveland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Cleveland Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southwest of Russellville.
- Moorman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Moorman Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorman Cemetery
- Lawler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Lawler Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler Cemetery
- Fortner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fortner Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fortner Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Hackleburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22848 <5>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- Wingo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Wingo Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wingo Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southwest of Russellville.
- Quinn Memorial Church of Christ Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Quinn Memorial Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn Memorial Church of Christ Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Quinn Memorial Church of Christ Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southwest of Russellville.
- Pounders - Quinn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lindsey Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Spruce Pine Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine Cemetery
- Scharnagle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Scharnagle Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharnagle Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brock Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brock Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Spruce Pine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Hackleburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Phil Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hodges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Churntown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Belgreen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Russellville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Haleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Boar Tush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boar Tush is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boar Tush
- Boar Tush has also been known as:
- Boar Tusk
- Boartush
- Boartusk
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Littleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Burntout
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Vina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vina is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Thornhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Pebble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Delmar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Weston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Hamilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Mary
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Mary is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mary
- Denton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Littleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Mount Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
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 Brock Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brock Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Haleyville
- Hamilton
- Phil Campbell
- Russellville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Brock Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Brock Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #114934 (Brock Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #114934 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 287 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hackleburg
- Location given for Brock Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.352319 Lon: -87.7978094
- 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 Franklin, 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- Brock 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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