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A visit to the Mount Calvary 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 Mt. Calvary Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery:

33.2843, -86.6811

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Shelby County<2>.

The county seat for Shelby County is located in Columbiana. Columbiana lies just to the south southeast of the Mt. Calvary Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Mt. Calvary Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Calvary Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • K Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • The K Springs Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K Springs Cemetery
  • Mose Davis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Mose Davis Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mose Davis Cemetery
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Hubbard Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Cemetery
  • Poindexter - Vick Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Deerhurst Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Deerhurst Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhurst Cemetery
  • Oldham Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Oldham Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham Cemetery
  • Foster Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Quinn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Quinn Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Quinn Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Chelsea
  • Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Chelsea
    • The Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Liberty Cemetery
  • Quinn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Quinn Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Quinn Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Chelsea
  • Roach Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Roach Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach Cemetery
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Nearest Grave Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Nearest Grave Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nearest Grave Cemetery
    • Old Lynch Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Old Lynch Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lynch Cemetery
    • Rocky Ridge Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Rocky Ridge Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Cemetery
    • Walton Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Walton Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Cemetery
    • Allen Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Allen Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
    • Old Acton Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Old Acton Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Acton Cemetery
    • Indian Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Southern Heritage Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Southern Heritage Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Heritage Cemetery
      • The Southern Heritage Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rideout Southern Heritage Cemetery
      • Ridout Southern Heritage Cemetery
    • Miller Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Miller Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
    • Garrett Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Garrett Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Cemetery
    • Florence Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Florence Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Cemetery
    • Roper Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Roper Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper Cemetery
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove 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 Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Calvary Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Chelsea
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pelham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Indian Springs Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
  • Saginaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saginaw is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
  • Inverness
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Inverness is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
  • Columbiana
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadowbrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Alabaster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Siluria
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Siluria is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siluria
  • Westover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Westover is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
  • Shoal Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
  • Lake Purdy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hoover
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <6>
    • Tacoa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Tacoa is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
    • Falliston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Falliston is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
    • Helena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Brantleyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brantleyville is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantleyville
    • Maylene
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilsonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bridgeton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
    • Cahaba Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Vestavia Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tulse
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Tulse is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
    • Calera
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Shelby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Shannon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Shannon is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon

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 Mt. Calvary Cemetery. The following communities are located in Shelby County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Calera
    • Calera lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Calera.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calera
  • Columbiana
  • Pelham
    • Pelham lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Pelham.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
  • Shelby
    • Shelby lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Shelby.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Mt. Calvary 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 Mt. Calvary Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #146523  (Mount Calvary Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #146523 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: 167 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Chelsea
      • Location given for Mount Calvary Cemetery:
      • Lat: 33.2842796     Lon: -86.6810966
      • 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Calvary 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.