A visit to the Hunts 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 Hunts Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hunts Cemetery:
34.2248, -85.8136
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hunts Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hunts Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.
The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Centre. Centre lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Hunts Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hunts Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Hunts Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hunts Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Lookout Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Mt. Lookout Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lookout Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Sand Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Sand Rock Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock Cemetery
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Smith Chapel Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Chapel Cemetery
- Plunket Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Plunket Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plunket Cemetery
- Collinsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Collinsville Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collinsville Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Mackey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mackey Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Anthony Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collins Cemetery is located in Collinsville.
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Kerley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Kerley Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kerley Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Yellow Creek Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Cemetery
- Longshore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Longshore Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longshore Cemetery
- New Testament Holiness Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hunts Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hunts Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sand Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Collinsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Cotnam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Dawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Keener
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Hale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sigsbee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dog Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Yancy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Wilsonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Turkeytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Coat's Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Lickskillet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Duck Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Ballplay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Crossville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rodentown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Cedar Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Floy ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
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 Hunts Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cherokee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hunts Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cedar Bluff
- Centre
- Collinsville
- Crossville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hunts Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Hunts Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #136912 (Hunts Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #136912 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: Cherokee
- Est. Elev: 299 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Leesburg
- Location given for Hunts Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.2248165 Lon: -85.8135791
- 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 Cherokee, 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- Hunts 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. |