A visit to the Old Sharon Primitive Baptist 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 Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery:
32.6411, -85.7966
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County<2>.
The county seat for Tallapoosa County is located in Dadeville. Dadeville lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north of the Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Reeltown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Reeltown Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeltown Cemetery
- Harper Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Harper Hill Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Hill Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Pentecost Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pentecost Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentecost Cemetery
- John Johnston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The John Johnston Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Johnston Cemetery
- Guthrie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Guthrie Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Sardis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Sardis Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Salem Macon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Salem Macon Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Macon Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hornsby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hornsby Cemetery is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodland Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27194 <5>
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tallassee.
- The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosehill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #25902 <5>
- St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Roxana Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Roxana Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Cemetery
- Roxanna Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Roxanna Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna Cemetery
- Lockhart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Lockhart Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart Cemetery
- Red Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Red Ridge Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ridge Cemetery
- Spain Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Spain Cemetery is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Reeltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reeltown is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeltown
- Church Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Liberty City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Erie ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Tallapoosa City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tallapoosa City is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa City
- Susannah ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Susannah is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susannah
- Roxana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Kent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tallassee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Tallassee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Tallassee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tallassee
- Notasulga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benson ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benson is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Agricola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Agricola is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Irma ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Irma is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Loachapoka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hornady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hornady is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornady
- Franklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jordan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jordan is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Camp Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dadeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eclectic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
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 Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tallapoosa County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Camp Hill
- Dadeville
- Eclectic
- Erie - Historic
- Erie lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Erie.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Notasulga
- Tuskegee
- Tuskegee lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tuskegee.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskegee
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 websites either 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 Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Tallapoosa 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 Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2611114 (Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2611114 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: Tallapoosa
- Est. Elev: 149 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ponders
- Location given for Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.641128 Lon: -85.796587
- 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 Tallapoosa, 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' (or 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- Old Sharon Primitive Baptist 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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