A visit to the Cox 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 Cox Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cox Cemetery:
34.9212, -87.3828
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cox Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Cox Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County<2>.
The county seat for Lauderdale County is located in Florence. Florence lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Cox Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Cox Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Cox Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cox Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1866585 <5>
- Rice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- Corum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Corum Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Pettus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Pettus Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettus Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Stutts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Stutts Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stutts Cemetery
- Crow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Crow Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Cemetery
- Pettus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Pettus Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettus Cemetery
- Bluewater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bluewater Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Harmon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Harmon Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon Cemetery
- Shelton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Shelton Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Grissom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Grissom Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grissom Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Crow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Crow Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Barkley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Barkley Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barkley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Elgin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21402 <5>
- Whitehead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Whitehead Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehead Cemetery
- Harvey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Harvey Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Cemetery
- Hammond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hammond Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond Cemetery
- Portertown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Portertown Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Cemetery
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 Cox Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cox Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Comer
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Corum ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Lexington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arkdell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Elgin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Cedar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Belew ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Anderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Rascal Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Atlas is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Wheeler Dam Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Rogersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <6>
- Estep ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Green Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Killen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Confluence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Red Bank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Saint Joseph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arnot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Arnot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
- Bailey Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bailey Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Springs
- Loretto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Appleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
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 Cox Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lauderdale County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cox Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bailey Springs
- Loretto
- Rogersville
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 Cox Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Lauderdale 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 Cox Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #116784 (Cox Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #116784 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: Lauderdale
- Est. Elev: 214 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Center Hill
- Location given for Cox Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.9211956 Lon: -87.3827989
- 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 Lauderdale, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cox 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. |