A visit to the Garwin 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 Garwin Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Garwin Cemetery:
31.3141, -86.6833
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Garwin Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Garwin Cemetery is located in Covington County<2>.
The county seat for Covington County is located in Andalusia. Andalusia lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of the Garwin Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Garwin Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Garwin Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- Long Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Long Branch Cemetery is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch Cemetery
- New Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The New Home Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Horton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Horton Cemetery is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Feagin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Feagin Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feagin Cemetery
- Mancill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mancill Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mancill Cemetery
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Union Cemetery is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Union Cemetery
- Fairmount Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairmount Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
- River Falls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The River Falls Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls Cemetery
- Herbert Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Herbert Cemetery is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Adellum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Adellum Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adellum Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adellum Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Andalusia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2258757 <5>
- Johnston Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Johnston Cemetery is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Davison Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Davison Cemetery is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davison Cemetery
- Johnston Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Johnston Cemetery is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Cemetery
- Hoomesville Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mason Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Mason Cemetery is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cemetery
- Carolina Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Carolina Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Cemetery
- Magnolia Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Magnolia Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia 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 Garwin Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Garwin Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Paul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Paul is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
- Brooklyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Red Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Level is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Mount Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Union is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- River Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- River Falls is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Carolina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Andalusia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Johnsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Johnsonville is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Old Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Heath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Heath is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Gantt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gantt is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Libertyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Libertyville is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Rabb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rabb is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabb
- Jay Villa ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jay Villa is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Villa
- Nymph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nymph is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nymph
- McKenzie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sanford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Red Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Wilcox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilcox is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- Falco
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Falco is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falco
- Garland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Antioch
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Evergreen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sparta is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta has also been known as:
- Old Sparta
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 Garwin Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Covington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Garwin Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Andalusia
- Evergreen
- Sparta - Historic
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 Garwin Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Covington 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 Garwin Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #164056 (Garwin Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #164056 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: Covington
- Est. Elev: 83 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Loango
- Location given for Garwin Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.3140583 Lon: -86.6832963
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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 Covington, 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 from Point A (ie- Garwin 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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