A visit to the Edgemont 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 Edgemont Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Edgemont Cemetery:
33.6907, -85.8286
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Edgemont Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Edgemont Cemetery is located in Calhoun County<2>.
The county seat for Calhoun County is located in Anniston. Anniston lies just to the south of the Edgemont Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Edgemont Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Edgemont Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Edgemont Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Westview Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eden Hills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Anniston.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23447 <5>
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Anniston.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23411 <5>
- Prisoner of War Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyds Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ft. McClellan Military Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Halls Chapel Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Chapel Cemetery
- Anniston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Anniston Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston Cemetery
- The Anniston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Anniston Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #263425 <5>
- Forestlawn Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Oxford Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oconee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Oconee Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Cemetery
- Fourmile Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fourmile Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Alexandria Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Alexandria Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexandria Cemetery
- New Mt. Sellers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gladden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Gladden Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladden Cemetery
- Hampton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Hampton Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Pine Ridge Cemetery is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge Cemetery
- New Prospect Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The New Prospect Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Prospect Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Choccolocco
- Whites Gap Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Whites Gap Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Gap Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Edgemont Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Edgemont Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Blue Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Saks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Saks is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saks
- Oxanna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Anniston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Leatherwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Cobb Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Weaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people
- Eulaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Hobson City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Oxford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peaceburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Blue Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Bera ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- De Armanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Alexandria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Choccolocco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Booker T City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Booker T City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T City
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Clark ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clark is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Bynum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Silver Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Wellington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Iron City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- White Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Jacksonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
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 Edgemont Cemetery. The following communities are located in Calhoun County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Edgemont Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anniston
- Fort McClellan - Historic
- Jacksonville
- Oxanna
- Oxford
- Weaver
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Edgemont Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Calhoun 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 Edgemont Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #117859 (Edgemont Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #117859 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: Calhoun
- Est. Elev: 259 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Anniston
- Location given for Edgemont Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.6906583 Lon: -85.8285764
- 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 Calhoun, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edgemont 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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