A visit to the Norris 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 Norris Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Norris Cemetery:
34.3604, -85.9636
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Norris Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Norris Cemetery is located in DeKalb County<2>.
The county seat for DeKalb County is located in Fort Payne. Fort Payne lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Norris Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Norris Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Norris Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Norris Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Turnover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Turnover Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnover Cemetery
- De Kalb Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lowrey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lowrey Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey Cemetery
- Nicholson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Nicholson Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Dalrymple Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Dalrymple Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalrymple Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- The Red Hill Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- Gilbreath Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Gilbreath Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbreath Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Copeland Bridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Stewart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Downer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Downer Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer Cemetery
- Greens Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- New Canaan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The New Canaan Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canaan Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Nicholson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Nicholson Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Cemetery
- Anthony Collins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corinth Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Fyffe Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Norris Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Norris Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Geraldine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Floy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Chigger Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Dawson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Crossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Luttrell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Luttrell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Cotnam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Guest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Guest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guest
- Whiton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Rogers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fyffe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gibson Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Crossroads
- Hix ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hix is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Grove Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Collinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Peters ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Rains ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Rodentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Bootsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
- Luna ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Mount Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Chavies
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chavies is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
- Rainsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
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 Norris Cemetery. The following communities are located in DeKalb County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Norris Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Collinsville
- Crossville
- Fyffe
- Fyffe lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Norris Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fyffe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fyffe
- Geraldine
- Rainsville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Norris 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 Norris Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #158291 (Norris Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #158291 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: 360 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Crossville
- Location given for Norris Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.3603684 Lon: -85.9635847
- 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Norris 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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