A visit to the New Center 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 New Center Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the New Center Cemetery:
34.4770, -86.8519
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the New Center Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The New Center Cemetery is located in Morgan County<2>.
The county seat for Morgan County is located in Decatur. Decatur lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the New Center Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the New Center Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the New Center Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from New Center Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Shoal Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Shoal Creek Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Cemetery
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Tabor Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Hartselle.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24749 <5>
- Somerville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Somerville Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Cemetery
- Burning Tree Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rountree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rountree Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree Cemetery
- Reeves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Reeves Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves Cemetery
- Waugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Waugh Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh Cemetery
- Brindley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Brindley Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindley Cemetery
- Gum Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gum Springs Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Ratliff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Ratliff Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff Cemetery
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Garner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Garner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Houston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Houston Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Cemetery
- Troup Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Troup Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Cemetery
- Kolb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Kolb Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolb Cemetery
- Meyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Meyer Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer 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 New Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from New Center Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Somerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Priceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burningtree Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Hartselle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leesdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Winton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Flint City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Falkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Florette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Valhermoso Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Swancott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Russell Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Lacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
- Triana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Decatur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <6>
- Mooresville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Plains is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Plains
- Eva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Simpson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Austinville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Moulton Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Belle Mina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
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 New Center Cemetery. The following communities are located in Morgan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The New Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Decatur
- Falkville
- Hartselle
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 New Center Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Morgan 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 New Center Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #123737 (New Center Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #123737 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: Morgan
- Est. Elev: 237 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Somerville
- Location given for New Center Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.4770382 Lon: -86.8519475
- 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 Morgan, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Center 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. |