A visit to the Bush 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 Bush Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bush Cemetery:
33.5329, -86.7144
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bush Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bush Cemetery is located in Jefferson County<2>.
The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Birmingham. Birmingham lies just to the west of the Bush Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bush Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Bush Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bush Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McElwain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The McElwain Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElwain Cemetery
- Bass Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Bass Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Cemetery
- East Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The East Lake Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23140 <5>
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22835 <5>
- Earltown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Earltown Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earltown Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Higgins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Higgins Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Cemetery
- Bass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bass Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Cemetery
- Inglenook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Inglenook Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglenook Cemetery
- Cahaba Heights Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Crest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Forest Crest Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Crest Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sheritt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sheritt Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheritt Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Union Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Wise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Wise Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Cemetery
- McCombs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The McCombs Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs Cemetery
- Alton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Alton Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton Cemetery
- Enon Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Enon Ridge Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Ridge Cemetery
- Knesses Israel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Emanuel Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel Cemetery
- Bold Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bold Springs Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Springs Cemetery
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- Jefferson Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Bush Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bush Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Marks Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marks Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Village
- Gate City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gate City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate City
- Cahaba Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cahaba Landing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Landing
- Irondale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Avondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Avondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Zion City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zion City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
- Mountain Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Weems
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weems is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- East Birmingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Birmingham
- English Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- English Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Mountain Brook Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Huffman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Huffman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Tarrant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tarrant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,081 people
- Tarrant has also been known as:
- Tarrant City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tarrant <6>
- Bartonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bartonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
- Cahaba Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vulcan City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vulcan City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan City
- Birmingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- McCombs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Dale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Homewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vestavia Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Purdy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Scott City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Lola City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Center Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fultondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hooper City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hooper City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper City
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 Bush Cemetery. The following communities are located in Jefferson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bush Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Avondale
- Birmingham
- Gate City
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 Bush Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Jefferson 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 Bush Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #115297 (Bush Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #115297 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 226 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Irondale
- Location given for Bush Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.5328824 Lon: -86.7144325
- 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 Jefferson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bush 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. |