A visit to the Mount Gilead 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. Gilead Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Gilead Cemetery:
31.2002, -85.4785
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Gilead Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Gilead Cemetery is located in Houston County<2>.
The county seat for Houston County is located in Dothan. Dothan lies just to the east northeast of the Mt. Gilead Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Gilead Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Mt. Gilead Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Gilead Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Bay Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Bay Springs Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Springs Cemetery
- Memory Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Memory Hill Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Hill Cemetery
- Little Vine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Little Vine Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Vine Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Selma Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Selma Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma Cemetery
- The Selma Cemetery has also been known as:
- Selma Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2594112 <5>
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Purvis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Purvis Cemetery is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purvis Cemetery
- Lassiter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Lassiter Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassiter Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Dothan City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Dothan City Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan City Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Magnolia Cemetery is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Cemetery
- Pinckard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Pinckard Cemetery is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckard Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Providence Cemetery is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
- Memphis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Memphis Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Cemetery
- Hurts Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Hurts Chapel Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurts Chapel Cemetery
- Gates of Heaven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Grimes UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Grimes UMC Cemetery is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grimes UMC Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Grimes.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2275046 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Gilead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Gilead Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Parker Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Parker Village is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Village
- Taylor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Taylor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,440 people
- Malvern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tidwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tidwell is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Rehobeth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rehobeth is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehobeth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,699 people
- Parish
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dothan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Merritts Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Merritts Crossroads is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritts Crossroads
- Grimes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grimes is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
- Keyton's
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keyton's is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyton's
- Pinckard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Napier Field
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Napier Field is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier Field
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Midland City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Slocomb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hodgesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hodgesville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgesville
- Cowarts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kinsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kinsey is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
- Avon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
- Webb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Newton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
- Dundee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dundee is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Madrid
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madrid is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 293 people
- Headland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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. Gilead Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Houston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Gilead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashford
- Dothan
- Hartford
- Headland
- Midland City
- Napier Field
- Newton
- Parish
- Pinckard
- Slocomb
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 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 Mt. Gilead Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Houston 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. Gilead Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #149911 (Mount Gilead Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #149911 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: Houston
- Est. Elev: 93 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dothan West
- Location given for Mount Gilead Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.2001756 Lon: -85.478545
- 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 Houston, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mt. Gilead 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. |
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