A visit to the Gravel Hill 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 Gravel Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gravel Hill Cemetery:
31.7838, -86.6278
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gravel Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Gravel Hill Cemetery is located in Butler County<2>.
The county seat for Butler County is located in Greenville. Greenville lies just to the north of the Gravel Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Gravel Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Gravel Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gravel Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rhodes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Rhodes Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Cemetery
- Sunrise Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Sunrise Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Magnolia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Magnolia Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Cemetery
- Reddoch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Reddoch Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reddoch Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Giddens Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Lloyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Lloyd Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lloyd Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Greenville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24060 <5>
- William Seale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Pleasant Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Mt. Olive East Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Harrison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
- Hartley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hartley Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Cemetery
- Ft. Dale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Ft. Dale Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Dale Cemetery
- Antioch West Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Antioch West Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch West Cemetery
- New Prospect Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The New Prospect Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect Cemetery
- Damascus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Damascus Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Antioch East Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Antioch East Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch East Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Gravel Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gravel Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bolling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bolling is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolling
- Chapman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Georgiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shacklesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shacklesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shacklesville
- Industry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Industry is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
- Starlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Starlington is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlington
- Honoraville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Honoraville is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honoraville
- Forest Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oaky Streak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oaky Streak is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaky Streak
- Fort Deposit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McKenzie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cherokee Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Village is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Merrill Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Mill is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Mill
- Mixonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mixonville is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixonville
- Garland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Garland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Rutledge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Vernledge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Vernledge is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernledge
- Sandy Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Awin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Awin is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awin
- Leon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leon is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Bragg's
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bragg's is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg's
- Commerce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Commerce is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Luverne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Highland Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Gravel Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Butler County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gravel Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chapman
- Fort Deposit
- Georgiana
- Greenville
- Luverne
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Gravel Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Butler 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 Gravel Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #135764 (Gravel Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #135764 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: Butler
- Est. Elev: 119 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Greenville West
- Location given for Gravel Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.7837652 Lon: -86.6277514
- 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 Butler, 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- Gravel Hill 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. |