A visit to the Mount Vernon 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. Vernon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery:
34.2923, -85.7894
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in DeKalb County<2>.
The county seat for DeKalb County is located in Fort Payne. Fort Payne lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Vernon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Longshore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Longshore Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longshore Cemetery
- New Testament Holiness Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Plunket Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Plunket Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plunket Cemetery
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Chapel Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Chapel Cemetery
- Killian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Killian Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Cemetery
- Mt. Lookout Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Lookout Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lookout Cemetery
- Sand Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Sand Rock Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock Cemetery
- Welcome Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Welcome Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Hill Cemetery
- Warren Stewart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Smith Chapel Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smith Chapel Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Collinsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26349 <5>
- Anthony Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collins Cemetery is located in Collinsville.
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- Hunts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Hunts Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Cemetery
- Tuckers Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Downer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Downer Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer Cemetery
- Wesson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Wesson Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesson Cemetery
- Red Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Red Hill Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- Copeland Bridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kerley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Kerley Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kerley Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Collinsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Collinsville Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collinsville Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Starling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Starling Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starling Cemetery
- Black Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Black Oak Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Vernon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Sand Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Collinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sigsbee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Lickskillet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Leesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Cotnam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Taft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Adamsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Douglas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Floy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Bootsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
- Luna ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Luna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Guest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Guest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guest
- Pine Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Centre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blanche
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Fort Payne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crossville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Shiloh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Cedar Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fyffe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Chavies
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chavies is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
- Geraldine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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. Vernon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in DeKalb County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cedar Bluff
- Centre
- Collinsville
- Crossville
- Fort Payne
- Fyffe
- Fyffe lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fyffe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fyffe
- Geraldine
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 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. Vernon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to DeKalb 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. Vernon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1805468 (Mount Vernon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1805468 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: DeKalb
- Est. Elev: 392 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Portersville
- Location given for Mount Vernon Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.2923147 Lon: -85.7894123
- 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 DeKalb, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mt. Vernon 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. |