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A visit to the Burton Bend 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 Burton Bend Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Burton Bend Cemetery (FG ID #688178)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Burton Bend Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Burton Bend Cemetery

Lat:   33.8042°   (33° 48' 15")

Lon:   -87.0827°   (-87° 4' 57")

The Burton Bend Cemetery is located in Walker County<2>.

The county seat for Walker County is located in Jasper. Jasper lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west of the Burton Bend Cemetery .

Name Variations for Burton Bend 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.

Burton Bend Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Burton 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 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Burton Bend Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Burton Bend Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Burton Bend Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Burton Bend Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Warrior Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
    • Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
  • Sipsey
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Sumiton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Empire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Dora
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Creel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
    • Creel is located in Walker County
  • Cordova
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dovertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Star
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Star have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
    • Red Star is located in Walker County
  • Burnwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnwell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
    • Burnwell is located in Walker County
  • Oakahalla
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Robbins Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Red Rock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Barney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barney have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
      • Barney is located in Walker County
    • Wyatt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wyatt. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
      • Wyatt is located in Walker County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wyatt
      • From the Burton Bend Cemetery to Wyatt
    • Powellville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Yerkwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sayre
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sayre have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
      • Sayre is located in Jefferson County
    • Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
      • Corner is located in Jefferson County
    • Burrows Crossroads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Reeds Ferry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Twilley Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twilley Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
      • Twilley Town is located in Walker County
    • Quinton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Media
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Red Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
      • Red Hill is located in Blount County
    • Arkadelphia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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 Burton Bend Cemetery. The following communities are located in Walker County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Burton Bend Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Cordova
  • Sumiton

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 helpful 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 Burton Bend Cemetery:

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 Burton Bend Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #142288  (Burton Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #142288 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Sipsey
    • County: Walker         Elev: 117
    • Location given for GNIS #142288 (Burton Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #688178

The official website for Walker County: www.walkercounty.com/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

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 Walker, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Burton Bend Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8042, Longitude: -87.0827    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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