A visit to the Center 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 Center Cemetery ...
The Center Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Alberta Cemetery
- The Alberta Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Bankston Cemetery
- The Bankston Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Boyd Cemetery
- Carrolls Creek Cemetery
- Chambers Cemetery
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- Garners Cemetery
- The Garners Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garners Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Garners Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Peterson.
- The Garners Cemetery has also been known as:
- Riley Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22966 <2>
- Holt Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Macedonia Cemetery
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Piney Grove Cemetery
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Robertson Chapel Cemetery
- Ruhama Cemetery
- The Ruhama Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Scales Cemetery
- The Scales Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Shirley Cemetery
- The Shirley Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Sunset Memorial Garden
- The Sunset Memorial Garden is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Taylor Cemetery
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- The Old Cemetery
- The Old Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Tuscaloosa Memorial Park
- The Tuscaloosa Memorial Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscaloosa Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tuscaloosa Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Tuscaloosa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26764 <2>
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
- The Yellow Creek Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 16 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alberta City
- Alberta City is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Brookwood
- Coaling
- Coaling is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,633 people
- Coker
- Cottondale
- Holt
- Holt is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Ingleside Village
- Ingleside Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Kellerman
- Kellerman is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Lake Front Village
- Lake Front Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Northport
- Peterson
- Peterson is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Sahama Village
- Sahama Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Samantha
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Tuscaloosa
- University
- University is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Wood Village
- Wood Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
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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 Center Cemetery. The following communities are located in Tuscaloosa County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Center Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Tuscaloosa 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 Center Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #147954 (Center Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #147954 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: Tuscaloosa
- Est. Elev: 124 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lake Nicol
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Tuscaloosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Center Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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