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A visit to the Old Mars Hill Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Mars Hill Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Mars Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Mars Hill Cemetery

Lat:   34.0829°   (34° 4' 58")

Lon:   -87.7184°   (-87° 43' 6")

The Old Mars Hill Cemetery is located in Marion County<2>.

The county seat for Marion County is located in Hamilton. Hamilton lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Old Mars Hill Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Old Mars Hill Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Mars Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Brock Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brock Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Barton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Barton Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Whitehouse Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitehouse Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitehouse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Whitehouse Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Haley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Haley Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Crooked Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crooked Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crooked Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Crooked Creek Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Myers Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Myers Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Myers Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Myers Hill Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Potts Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potts Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Potts Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Gold Mine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gold Mine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gold Mine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gold Mine Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Mt. Joy Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Joy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Joy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Joy Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Brilliant Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brilliant Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brilliant Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brilliant Memorial Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Old Bostick Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bostick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Bostick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Bostick Cemetery is located in Marion County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Boston Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boston Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Boston Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Green Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Green Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Halcomb Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Halcomb Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Halcomb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Halcomb Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Cagle Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cagle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cagle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cagle Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Sims Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sims Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sims Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Burleson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burleson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burleson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Burleson Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Center Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Center Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Fowler Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fowler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fowler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fowler Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Old Poplar Springs Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Poplar Springs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Poplar Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Poplar Springs Cemetery is located in Marion County
    • Thornhill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thornhill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thornhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Thornhill Cemetery is located in Marion County

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 Old Mars Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Mars Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Brilliant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brilliant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
    • Brilliant is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brilliant <5>
  • Thornhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thornhill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
    • Thornhill is located in Marion County
  • Rock City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Rock City is located in Marion County
  • Natural Bridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Glen Mary
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mary
    • Glen Mary is located in Winston County
  • Farriss
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Farriss. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farriss
    • Farriss is located in Winston County
  • Delmar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
    • Delmar is located in Winston County
  • Twin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
    • Twin is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
  • Yampertown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yampertown
    • Yampertown is located in Marion County
  • Lynn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Lynn is located in Winston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
  • Boar Tush
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boar Tush
    • Boar Tush is located in Winston County
    • Boar Tush has also been known as:
    • Boar Tusk
    • Boartush
    • Boartusk
  • Stinson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stinson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
    • Stinson is located in Marion County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Glen Allen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Allen
      • Glen Allen is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
    • Haleyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gu - Win
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gu - Win
      • Gu - Win is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Winfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Eldridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pikeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pikeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
      • Pikeville is located in Marion County
    • Guin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guin
      • Guin is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,250 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guin <5>
    • Bazemore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazemore
      • Bazemore is located in Fayette County
    • Bear Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Slicklizzard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slicklizzard
      • Slicklizzard is located in Walker County
    • Nauvoo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hackleburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
      • Hackleburg is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
    • Littleville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
      • Littleville is located in Winston County

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 Mars Hill 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 Mars Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Guin
    • Guin lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Old Mars Hill Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Guin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guin
  • Haleyville
  • 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 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 Old Mars Hill Cemetery:

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 Mars Hill Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #138039  (Old Mars Hill Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #138039 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Gold Mine
    • County: Marion         Elev: 217
    • Location given for GNIS #138039 (Old Mars Hill Cemetery)

The official website for Marion County: www.sonet.net/marioncounty/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Old Mars Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0829, Longitude: -87.7184       In this case, the coordinates for the Old Mars Hill Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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