A visit to the Brooksville Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Brooksville Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brooksville Cemetery (FG ID #590261).
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 Brooksville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brooksville Cemetery:
34.1655, -86.4721
The Brooksville Cemetery is located in Blount County<2>.
The county seat for Blount County is located in Oneonta. Oneonta lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south of the Brooksville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brooksville Cemetery.
Name Variations for Brooksville Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Brooksville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brooksville Baptist Church Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Brooksville Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brooksville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Blue Ridge Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summit Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Summit Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Gibbs Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Gibbs Chapel Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Chapel Cemetery
- Gunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gunter Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter Cemetery
- Nesmith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Nesmith Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesmith Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roswell Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ebell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Ebell Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebell Cemetery
- Sheppard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Sheppard Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The New Lebanon Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Holland Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- Nixons Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Nixons Chapel Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixons Chapel Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Warrior Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- Lamb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Berry - Brookshire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Brooksville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brooksville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brooksville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bright Star
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Craig
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Birdie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McLarty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Snead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highmound
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Royal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Susan Moore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Fridays Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wynnville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blountsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Hyatt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Askea Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Holly Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mountain Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
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 Brooksville Cemetery. The following communities are located in Blount County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brooksville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Brooksville 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 Brooksville Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #590261
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brooksville 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. |