A visit to the Johnson Cemetery (West) ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Johnson Cemetery (West). For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Johnson Cemetery (West) (FG ID #23689).
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 Johnson Cemetery (West) ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Johnson Cemetery (West):
34.2994, -87.4639
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery (West) can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<2>
The Johnson Cemetery (West) is located in Winston County<3>.
The county seat for Winston County is located in Double Springs. Double Springs lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the south southeast of the Johnson Cemetery (West) .
Open a Google Map centered on the Johnson Cemetery (West).
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Johnson Cemetery (West).<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Johnson Cemetery (West), with the nearest first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Shiloh East Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiloh East Cemetery is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh East Cemetery
- Wolfpen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frost Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Frost Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Frost Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frost Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22923 <1>
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Maxwell Chapel UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the northeast of Haleyville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968824 <1>
- Liberty Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Liberty Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Liberty Grove MB Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #281338 <1>
- Ashridge Community Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Ashridge Community Church Cemetery is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashridge Community Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ashridge Community Church Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Ashridge
- The Ashridge Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashridge Cemetery
- Ashridge Methodist Church Cemetery
- Ashridge UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2324646 <1>
- Garrison - Payne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Poplar Spring Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Spring Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Chilcoat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Chilcoat Cemetery is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilcoat Cemetery
- DeGraffenreid Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Historical Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cornelius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Cornelius Cemetery is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill #2 MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Antioch Baptist Church of Christ Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Antioch Baptist Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Baptist Church of Christ Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Baptist Church of Christ Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the north of Double Springs.
- Bunyan Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bunyan Hill Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan Hill Cemetery
- The Bunyan Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bunion Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21859 <1>
- Gum Pond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Gum Pond Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Pond Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gum Pond Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the southwest of Moulton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23176 <1>
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] of the Johnson Cemetery (West).
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Johnson Cemetery (West), with the nearest first:
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Pebble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Ashridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ashridge is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashridge
- Littleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Ellaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ellaville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellaville
- Grayson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grayson is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Haleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boar Tush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boar Tush is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boar Tush
- Boar Tush has also been known as:
- Boar Tusk
- Boartush
- Boartusk
- Double Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Delmar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Churntown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Bear Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Muck City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Phil Campbell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Thornhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Glen Mary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Mary is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mary
- Houston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Natural Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spruce Pine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Addison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Upshaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
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 Johnson Cemetery (West). Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Winston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Johnson Cemetery (West).
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Double Springs
- Haleyville
- Moulton
- Phil Campbell
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 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 Johnson Cemetery (West):
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Winston 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 Johnson Cemetery (West):
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #23689
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #159862 (Johnson Cemeteries)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #159862 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: Winston
- Est. Elev: 269 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bee Branch
- Location given for Johnson Cemeteries:
- Lat: 34.2992656 Lon: -87.4636323
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Winston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Johnson Cemetery (West)) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |