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 ...
The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Clay County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Barfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Barfield Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield Cemetery
- Bellview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Bellview Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Black Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Delta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Delta Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Delta Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Delta.
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Lineville City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Mannings Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- McCollum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The McCollum Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCollum Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Old Lineville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Macedonia Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ragan Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Abel
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Ashland
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Barfield
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Christiana
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Cragford
- Delta
- Elder
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Erin
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Friendship
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Grant Town
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Harkins Crossroads
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Haynes Crossroad
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Hollis Crossroads
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Ironaton
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Kentuck
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Lineville
- McElderry
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Micaville
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Milner
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Morrison Crossroad
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Munford
- Ofelia
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Oxford
- Silver Run
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
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. Unless otherwise noted, 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 #1805396 (Mount Olive Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1805396 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: 347 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Delta
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mt. Olive Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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