A visit to the Higganbotham 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 Higganbotham Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Higganbotham Cemetery:
33.2173, -87.0255
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Higganbotham Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Higganbotham Cemetery is located in Shelby County<2>.
The county seat for Shelby County is located in Columbiana. Columbiana lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the east of the Higganbotham Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Higganbotham Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Higganbotham Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Higganbotham Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Camp Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McKinney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- McKensey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boothton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Boothton Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothton Cemetery
- Hickman Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
- Bucksville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bucksville Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery #2
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery #2 is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery #2
- George Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The George Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Cemetery
- Linholm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Linholm Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linholm Cemetery
- Shiloh MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Shiloh MB Church Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh MB Church Cemetery
- The Shiloh MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26231 <5>
- Smithson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Smithson Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Massey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Massey Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Fairington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Fairington Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairington Cemetery
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Hephzibah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hephzibah Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hephzibah Cemetery
- John T. Thrasher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The John T. Thrasher Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John T. Thrasher Cemetery
- The John T. Thrasher Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thrasher Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26684 <5>
- Caffee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Caffee Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffee Cemetery
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Carmel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of West Blocton.
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #482813 <5>
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- Italian Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shiney Rock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiney Rock Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiney Rock Cemetery
- Ray Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Ray Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray 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 Higganbotham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Higganbotham Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Aden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Aden is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
- Sawmill Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sawmill Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Town
- Kimbrell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kimbrell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbrell
- Tannehill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cane Creek is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Green Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Belle Ellen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Belle Ellen is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ellen
- Eddings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eddings is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddings
- Bamford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bamford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Blocton Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blocton Junction is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton Junction
- Blocton Junction has also been known as:
- Blockton Junc
- Nash Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nash Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Town
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Seymour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seymour is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Tulse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tulse is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
- Lake View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- North Bibb
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Bibb is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bibb
- Burmah ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burmah is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmah
- West Blocton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bucktown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bucktown is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Corinne ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Corinne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
- Blocton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton
- Italian Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Italian Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Town
- Brantleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brantleyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantleyville
- Maylene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- McCalla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Higganbotham Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shelby County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Higganbotham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blocton - Historic
- West Blocton
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 Higganbotham Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Shelby 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 Higganbotham Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #146463 (Higganbotham Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #146463 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: Shelby
- Est. Elev: 132 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Halfmile Shoals
- Location given for Higganbotham Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.2173382 Lon: -87.0255487
- 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 Shelby, 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 from Point A (ie- Higganbotham 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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