A visit to the Palestine 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 Palestine Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Palestine Cemetery:
33.6132, -87.8542
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Palestine Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Palestine Cemetery is located in Fayette County<2>.
The county seat for Fayette County is located in Fayette. Fayette lies just to the north northeast of the Palestine Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Palestine Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Palestine Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Palestine Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Owens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- Savage Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Savage Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Cemetery
- Caines Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Caines Ridge Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caines Ridge Cemetery
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Ridge Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Brotherton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Brotherton Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brotherton Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Rocky Mount Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Summers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Summers Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Old Shepherd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Old Shepherd Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shepherd Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Gravlee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Gravlee Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravlee Cemetery
- Zion Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Zion Chapel Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Chapel Cemetery
- New Canaan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The New Canaan Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canaan Cemetery
- Colvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Colvin Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvin Cemetery
- New Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Shepherd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Shepherd Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Cemetery
- Old Canaan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Canaan Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Canaan Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Fayette City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Fayette City Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City Cemetery
- Bankhead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bankhead Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Palestine Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Palestine Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Belk
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Belk is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Ashcraft Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashcraft Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcraft Corner
- Rossland City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rossland City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
- Kennedy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kennedy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- New Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Lexington is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Bankston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bankston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Lubbub
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lubbub is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubbub
- Millport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kirkland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kirkland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bluff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Berry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hightogy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hightogy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy
- Fernbank
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fernbank is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reform
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Echola
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Echola is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echola
- Alta
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Alta is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Coal Fire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Fire is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Fire
- Bell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bell is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Samantha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
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 Palestine Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Palestine Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Berry
- Berry lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Palestine Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Berry.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
- Gordo
- Kennedy
- Millport
- Reform
- Vernon
- Winfield
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 Palestine Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Fayette 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 Palestine Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #158489 (Palestine Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #158489 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: Fayette
- Est. Elev: 176 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Newtonville
- Location given for Palestine Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.6131671 Lon: -87.8541854
- 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 Fayette, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Palestine 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. |