A visit to the Lawleys Chapel 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 Lawleys Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lawleys Chapel Cemetery:
33.5007, -86.4450
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lawleys Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lawleys Chapel 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 south southwest of the Lawleys Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lawleys Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Lawleys Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lawleys Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hollis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hollis Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Cemetery
- Stewarts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Stewarts Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewarts Cemetery
- Old Sterrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Sterrett Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sterrett Cemetery
- Sand Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Sand Ridge Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #25513 <5>
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Vandiver Negro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Sterrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Sterrett Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Allen Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Calcis
- Macedonia North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Hollis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hollis Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Cemetery
- Weldon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Weldon Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Moody Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Moody Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moody Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Moody.
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah 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 Lawleys Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lawleys Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Vandiver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterrett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brompton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Calcis
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Dunnavant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Dunavant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Moody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <6>
- Cook's Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Woodland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Leeds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Vincent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Acmar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- East Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Logan Martin Dam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Scott City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Parsons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Westover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Harpersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cropwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glen City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Roper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Lola City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- McCombs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
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 Lawleys Chapel 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 Lawleys Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Leeds
- Leeds lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Lawleys Chapel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Leeds.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
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 websites either 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 Lawleys Chapel 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 Lawleys Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #146490 (Lawleys Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #146490 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: 141 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cooks Springs
- Location given for Lawleys Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.5006609 Lon: -86.4449815
- 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- Lawleys Chapel 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. |