A visit to the Morris 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 Morris Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Morris Cemetery:
34.4743, -86.4378
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Morris Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Morris Cemetery is located in Marshall County<2>.
The county seat for Marshall County is located in Guntersville. Guntersville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southeast of the Morris Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Morris Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Morris Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Morris Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Boggess Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Boggess Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggess Cemetery
- Mayo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Mayo Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Cemetery
- Cloud Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Cloud Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Cemetery
- Beech Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Beech Spring Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Spring Cemetery
- Nearen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Nearen Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nearen Cemetery
- Hines Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hines Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Gibson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gibson Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- The Walker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebron Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26911 <5>
- Bush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Winton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Winton Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Cemetery
- Short Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Short Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Cemetery
- Honey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Honey Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Polly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Polly Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Cemetery
- Beard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Beard Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard Cemetery
- Black Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Black Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Sweet Home Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home Cemetery
- Manchester Cooley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Manchester Cooley Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Cooley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Manchester Cooley Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Guntersville.
- The Manchester Cooley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cooley Cemetery
- Manchester Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22251 <5>
- Honeycomb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Honeycomb Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycomb Cemetery
- Panquin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Panquin Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panquin Cemetery
- Click Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Click Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click Cemetery
- Drake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Drake Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Morris Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Morris Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Union Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Scant City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Morgan City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Grassy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Owens' Cross Roads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Briscoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Warrenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Ruth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- North ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Whitesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Lacey's Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Pine Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Arab
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Guntersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <6>
- Columbus City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Grant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Berkley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Hog Jaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Wyeth City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyeth City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth City
- Rayburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Columbus City Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- English Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
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 Morris Cemetery. The following communities are located in Marshall County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Morris Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arab
- Arab lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Morris Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arab.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arab
- Columbus City
- Guntersville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Morris Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Marshall 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 Morris Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #123077 (Morris Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #123077 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: Marshall
- Est. Elev: 323 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Guntersville Dam
- Location given for Morris Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.4742574 Lon: -86.4377648
- 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 Marshall, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morris 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. |