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A visit to the Kirkland 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 Kirkland Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Kirkland Cemetery:

33.3029, -86.5139

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Kirkland Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Kirkland Cemetery is located in Shelby County<2>.

The county seat for Shelby County is located in Columbiana. Columbiana lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Kirkland Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Kirkland Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Kirkland Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Kirkland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Prospect Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Prospect Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
  • Ray Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The Ray Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Cemetery
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
  • Roper Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Roper Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper Cemetery
  • Fourmile Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Fourmile Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Cemetery
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Walton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Walton Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Cemetery
  • Florence Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Florence Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Cemetery
  • Whitfield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The Whitfield Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Cemetery
  • Wilsonville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Holley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The Holley Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley Cemetery
  • Garden of Memories Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Kidd Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • The Kidd Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidd Cemetery
    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Mt. Signal Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Mt. Signal Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Signal Cemetery
    • Farr Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Farr Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farr Cemetery
    • Old Chapel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Old Chapel Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Chapel Cemetery
    • Caldwell Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Caldwell Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Cemetery
    • Bradford Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Bradford Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Cemetery
    • Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Chelsea
      • The Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Liberty Cemetery
    • Quinn Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Quinn Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Quinn Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Chelsea
    • Quinn Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Quinn Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Quinn Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Chelsea
    • Poindexter - Vick Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hubbard Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Hubbard Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Cemetery
    • Johnson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
    • Cedar Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
    • Heaton Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The Heaton Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Cemetery
    • Chancellor Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Chancellor Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Kirkland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Kirkland Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Westover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Westover is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
  • Wilsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Harpersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chelsea
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Vincent
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Vincent is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,223 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vincent <6>
  • Childersburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Calcis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Calcis is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
  • Columbiana
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bon Air
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bon Air is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Sterrett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Shoal Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
  • East Bend
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Bend is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Vandiver
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fayetteville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fayetteville is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
    • Bridgeton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
    • Meadowbrook
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Shelby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Talladega Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Talladega Springs is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talladega Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Zubers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Zubers is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
    • Logan Martin Dam
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
    • Lake Purdy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
    • Inverness
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Inverness is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
    • Dunavant
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Dunavant is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
    • Merrell Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Merrell Beach is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrell Beach
    • Oak Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
    • Comerdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Comerdale is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comerdale
    • Dunnavant
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
    • Indian Springs Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
    • Pelham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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 Kirkland 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 Kirkland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 helpful 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 Kirkland 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 Kirkland Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #149338  (Kirkland Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #149338 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: 178 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Westover
      • Location given for Kirkland Cemetery:
      • Lat: 33.3028898     Lon: -86.5138707
      • 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kirkland 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.