A visit to the Chesnut 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 Chesnut Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Chesnut Cemetery:
34.2065, -85.7008
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Chesnut Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Chesnut Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.
The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Centre. Centre lies just to the south southeast of the Chesnut Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Chesnut Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Chesnut Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Chesnut Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Centre.
- The Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tates Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26599 <5>
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Yellow Creek Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Sand Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Sand Valley Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Valley Cemetery
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Pratt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Pratt Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Cemetery
- Sand Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Sand Rock Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock Cemetery
- Sewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Sewell Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Cemetery
- Garrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Garrett Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Cemetery
- Centre Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Centre Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Daniels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Daniels Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Cemetery
- Coffey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Coffey Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey Cemetery
- Starling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Starling Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starling Cemetery
- Tuckers Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Welcome Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Welcome Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Lookout Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Lookout Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lookout Cemetery
- Mackey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mackey Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Cherokee Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Neal Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Neal Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Neal Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Centre.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24852 <5>
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
- Cedar Bluff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Bluff Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff 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 Chesnut Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Chesnut Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Anderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Sand Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Cedar Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moshat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Tucker Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Noah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Howells Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Lawrence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Gaylesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lickskillet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Hale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Taft
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Collinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Ringgold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Blanche
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
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 Chesnut Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cherokee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Chesnut Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cedar Bluff
- Centre
- Collinsville
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 Chesnut Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Chesnut Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #136867 (Chesnut Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #136867 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: Cherokee
- Est. Elev: 182 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Centre
- Location given for Chesnut Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.2064837 Lon: -85.7007983
- 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 Cherokee, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chesnut 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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