A visit to the Old Union 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 Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Union Cemetery:
32.8773, -86.2978
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Union Cemetery is located in Coosa County<2>.
The county seat for Coosa County is located in Rockford. Rockford lies just to the east of the Old Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Union Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Old Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Sardis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Sardis Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- Hollybranch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hollybranch Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollybranch Cemetery
- Old Rockford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Old Rockford Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Rockford Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Old Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swamp Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Swamp Creek Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Creek Cemetery
- Rockford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Rockford Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford Cemetery
- Rockford Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Flint Hill Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill Cemetery
- Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the south of Rockford.
- The Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shady Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26163 <5>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- McEwen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The McEwen Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Cemetery
- McEwen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The McEwen Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Cemetery
- Miller - Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Sinai Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sinai Cemetery
- Murchison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Murchison Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- O J Mooney Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Proctor Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Wayside Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Rattle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Bell Rattle Cemetery is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Rattle Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rockford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pentonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pentonville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentonville
- Dollar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dollar is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Hissop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hissop is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hissop
- Weogufka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Cottage Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Titus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nixburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nixburg is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixburg
- Lightwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lightwood is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightwood
- Equality
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Equality is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Seman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seman is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seman
- Stewartville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Verbena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Mountain Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Marbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fishpond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Ray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Holtville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Holtville is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtville
- Holtville has also been known as:
- Slapout
- Kellyton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Mount Olive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Central
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Adkin Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Adkin Hill is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkin Hill
- Adkin Hill has also been known as:
- Atkins Hill
- Talladega Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Talladega Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talladega Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Hollins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Gantts Quarry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gantts Quarry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantts Quarry
- Pine Grove Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Village
- Jumbo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jumbo is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Clanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Coosa County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Coosa 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 Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #124265 (Old Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #124265 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: Coosa
- Est. Elev: 165 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Flag Mountain
- Location given for Old Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.8773463 Lon: -86.2977512
- 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 Coosa, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Union 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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