A visit to the Morris 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 Morris Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Morris Chapel Cemetery:
34.5415, -87.1695
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Morris Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Morris Chapel Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Moulton. Moulton lies just to the west southwest of the Morris Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Morris Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Morris Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Morris Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sivley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Sivley Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivley Cemetery
- Caddo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Caddo Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Cemetery
- Clardy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Clardy Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy Cemetery
- Dement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Dement Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dement Cemetery
- Thrasher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Thrasher Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrasher Cemetery
- Penny Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Penny Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Cemetery
- Red Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Raper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Raper Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raper Cemetery
- Fuller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Fuller Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Vaughan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Vaughan Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan Cemetery
- Wade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Wade Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Cemetery
- Moody Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Moody Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Cemetery
- Hodges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hodges Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Cemetery
- Enon Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Enon Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Enon Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Enon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2284060 <5>
- Keys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Keys Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Cemetery
- Stover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Stover Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stover Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Stockton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Stockton Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Fennell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Trotter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Trotter Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly 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 Morris Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Morris Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chalybeate Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Oakville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Trinity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Hillsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Moulton Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Wren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Russell Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Simpson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Muck City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Flint City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Courtland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Courtland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Harris Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Hartselle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burningtree Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Hatton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Cedar Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Plains is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Plains
- Ripley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
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 Chapel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lawrence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Morris Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Courtland
- Decatur
- Hartselle
- Moulton
- 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 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 Morris Chapel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Lawrence 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 Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #123084 (Morris Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #123084 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: Lawrence
- Est. Elev: 224 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Caddo
- Location given for Morris Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.5414824 Lon: -87.1694604
- 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 Lawrence, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morris 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. |