A visit to the Lucas 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 Lucas Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lucas Cemetery:
34.6748, -87.0095
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lucas Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lucas Cemetery is located in Limestone County<2>.
The county seat for Limestone County is located in Athens. Athens lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Lucas Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lucas Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Lucas Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lucas Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Malone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Malone Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Cemetery
- Hatchett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hatchett Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchett Cemetery
- Macklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Macklin Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macklin Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Bell - Nebo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Nebo Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo Cemetery
- Mosley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mosley Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosley Cemetery
- Pryor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pryor Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Cemetery
- Davis Temple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Davis Temple Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Temple Cemetery
- The Davis Temple Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jacob's Well Missioanry Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2647546 <5>
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Nebo Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Nebo Church Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo Church Cemetery
- Proctor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Proctor Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Binford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Binford Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binford Cemetery
- Burt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Neville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grayson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Grayson Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson Cemetery
- Decatur Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Decatur Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Cemetery
- The Decatur Cemetery has also been known as:
- Decatur City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22485 <5>
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Garrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Garrett Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Cemetery
- Tanner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Tanner Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Lucas Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lucas Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Orrville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Harris Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Tanner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Decatur
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <6>
- Trinity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Simpson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Russell Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Belle Mina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Mooresville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garner ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Country Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Ripley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Athens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Flint City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Poplar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Burningtree Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Westlake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Fairmount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Priceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swancott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Lentzville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
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 Lucas Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Limestone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lucas Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Lucas Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Limestone 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 Lucas Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #122098 (Lucas Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #122098 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: Limestone
- Est. Elev: 173 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Jones Crossroads
- Location given for Lucas Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.674813 Lon: -87.0094537
- 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 Limestone, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lucas 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. |