A visit to the Mount Olive 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. Olive Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Olive Cemetery:
33.1537, -85.6827
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Ashland. Ashland lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest of the Mt. Olive Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Mt. Gilead Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Gilead Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Corinth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Corinth Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- McDaniel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The McDaniel Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McDaniel Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Mellow Valley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24325 <5>
- County Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- Mellow Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Fisher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Old Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Sardis Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the south of Ashland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2212691 <5>
- Old Vickers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Old Vickers Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Vickers Cemetery
- Milam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Milam Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam Cemetery
- Leander Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wadley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Wadley Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadley Cemetery
- Malone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Malone Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Cemetery
- Jehovah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Jehovah Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jehovah Cemetery
- Cragford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Cragford Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragford 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. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Motley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Almond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Emuckfaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Mellow Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Truett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Wadley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cragford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Goldville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Daviston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Malone Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Forester Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- New Site
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Frog Eye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Abanda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Cowpens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Lineville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ofelia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Harkins Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Matilda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Red Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Ashland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Milltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Peavy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Clackville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Millerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Barfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
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. Olive Cemetery. The following communities are located in Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Mt. Olive Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Clay 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. Olive Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1805397 (Mount Olive Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1805397 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: Clay
- Est. Elev: 336 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mellow Valley
- Location given for Mount Olive Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.1537297 Lon: -85.6827357
- 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 Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mt. Olive 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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