A visit to the John Johnston 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 John Johnston Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the John Johnston Cemetery:
32.6853, -85.8472
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the John Johnston Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The John Johnston Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County<2>.
The county seat for Tallapoosa County is located in Dadeville. Dadeville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the John Johnston Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the John Johnston Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from John Johnston Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Guthrie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Guthrie Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Harper Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Harper Hill Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Hill Cemetery
- Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Benson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Benson Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Benson Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southwest of Dadeville.
- County Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- Lovejoy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Lovejoy Cemetery is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy Cemetery
- Hornsby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hornsby Cemetery is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby Cemetery
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sardis Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- Reeltown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Reeltown Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeltown Cemetery
- Pentecost Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Pentecost Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentecost Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
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- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Red Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Red Ridge Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ridge Cemetery
- Spain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Spain Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain Cemetery
- Benson - Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Watson Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Watson Chapel Cemetery is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Chapel Cemetery
- The Watson Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Watson Chapel Cemetery
- Lockhart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Lockhart Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 John Johnston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from John Johnston Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Erie ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Susannah ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Susannah is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susannah
- Benson ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Irma ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Irma is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Reeltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reeltown is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeltown
- Church Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Agricola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Agricola is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Tallapoosa City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tallapoosa City is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa City
- Liberty City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Jordan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jordan is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Tallassee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East Tallassee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Tallassee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tallassee
- Roxana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Eclectic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dadeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Our Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Our Town is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Town
- Alkehatchee ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Alkehatchee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkehatchee
- Notasulga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Claud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Claud is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Jacksons' Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Central
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Central is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Hornady
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hornady is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornady
- Loachapoka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Equality
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Equality is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Seman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Seman is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seman
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 John Johnston Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tallapoosa County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The John Johnston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Camp Hill
- Dadeville
- Eclectic
- Erie - Historic
- Erie lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the John Johnston Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Erie.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Notasulga
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 John Johnston Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Tallapoosa 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 John Johnston Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2611113 (John Johnston Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2611113 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: Tallapoosa
- Est. Elev: 138 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ponders
- Location given for John Johnston Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.67863 Lon: -85.850097
- 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 Tallapoosa, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- John Johnston 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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