A visit to the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
Lat: 34.4796° (34° 28' 46")
Lon: -87.5476° (-87° 32' 51")
The Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Franklin County<1>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Russellville. Russellville lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west of the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Templeton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sylvester Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Denton Hollow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sibley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sibley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sibley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sibley Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Counts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Cherry Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kimbrough Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethsaida Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bob Saint Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pennington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tharptown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gray Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wear Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wear Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wear Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wear Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Gargas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Aycock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aycock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aycock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Aycock Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Bobo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duboise Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Town Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Town Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Town Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Town Creek Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
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]<2> of the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avoca have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Churntown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muck City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muck City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Littleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Russellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spruce Pine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
- Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
- Phil Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Pebble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rockwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wren
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wren have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Moulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Littleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Town Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Town Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Town Creek <6>
- Leighton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leighton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leighton
- Leighton is located in Colbert County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leighton <6>
- Bear Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Haleyville
- Leighton
- Moulton
- Phil Campbell
- Russellville
- Town Creek
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Franklin County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #161777 (Macedonia Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #161777 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Newburg
- County: Franklin Elev: 205
- Location given for GNIS #161777 (Macedonia Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4796, Longitude: -87.5476 |
<3> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |