A visit to the Old Bethel 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 Old Bethel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Bethel Cemetery:
34.1687, -87.7578
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Bethel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Bethel Cemetery is located in Marion County<2>.
The county seat for Marion County is located in Hamilton. Hamilton lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of the Old Bethel Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Old Bethel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sims Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Sims Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Cemetery
- Federick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Federick Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federick Cemetery
- Burleson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Burleson Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burleson Cemetery
- Weatherly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Weatherly Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherly Cemetery
- Burleson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Burleson Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burleson Cemetery
- Burleson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Burleson Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burleson Cemetery
- Burleson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Burleson Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burleson Cemetery
- Haley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Haley Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley Cemetery
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Whitehouse Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Cemetery
- Old Ireland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Ireland Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ireland Cemetery
- Armstrong Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Cemetery
- Sullens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Sullens Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullens Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mays Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Cemetery
- Brock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Brock Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock Cemetery
- Barton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Barton Cemetery is located in Marion County
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- Ireland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Ireland Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Marion County
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- Potts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Potts Cemetery is located in Marion County
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- Thornhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Thornhill Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Haleyville.
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Old Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Thornhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
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- Boar Tush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Boar Tush is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boar Tush
- Boar Tush has also been known as:
- Boar Tusk
- Boartush
- Boartusk
- Glen Mary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glen Mary is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mary
- Delmar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Hackleburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Haleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brilliant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Natural Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Twin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Yampertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yampertown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yampertown
- Littleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Phil Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stinson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Rock City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pikeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Farriss
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farriss is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farriss
- Lynn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Pebble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Hodges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Weston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Weston is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Guin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gu - Win
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gu - Win is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gu - Win
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Winfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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 Old Bethel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Marion County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Guin
- Guin lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Old Bethel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Guin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guin
- Haleyville
- Hamilton
- Phil Campbell
- Winfield
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 Old Bethel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Marion 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 Old Bethel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #138037 (Old Bethel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #138037 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: Marion
- Est. Elev: 224 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hamilton NE
- Location given for Old Bethel Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1687102 Lon: -87.757805
- 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 Marion, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Bethel 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |