A visit to the Penny 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 Penny Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Penny Cemetery:
34.8081, -86.5361
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Penny Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Penny Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Huntsville. Huntsville lies just to the southwest of the Penny Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Penny Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Penny Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Strong Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Strong Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong Cemetery
- Valhalla Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Valhalla Memory Gardens is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valhalla Memory Gardens
- The Valhalla Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Valhalla Cemetery
- Valhalla Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26854 <5>
- Hewlett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hewlett Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett Cemetery
- Otey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Otey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otey Cemetery
- Strong Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Strong Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong Cemetery
- Humphrey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Humphrey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey Cemetery
- Battle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Battle Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Cemetery
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Normal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Normal Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal Cemetery
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Powell Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Cemetery
- Scruggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Scruggs Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs Cemetery
- Tally Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Tally Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tally Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Antioch Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clopton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Blankenship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Blankenship Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blankenship Cemetery
- Bentley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Bentley Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Cemetery
- Strawder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Strawder Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawder Cemetery
- Bayless Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bayless Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayless Cemetery
- Meridianville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jude Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Jude Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jude Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Acklin - Derrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Patton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Patton Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Scruggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Scruggs Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Penny Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Penny Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Mercury
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Country Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Country Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Normal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Meridianville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ryland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Greenwycke Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rideout Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Hazel Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Key's Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Chelsea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- New Market
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Jeff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Monrovia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Gurley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- English Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Madison Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harvest
(12 miles [19.3 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 Penny Cemetery. The following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Penny Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Penny Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Penny Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #124593 (Penny Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #124593 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 234 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Meridianville
- Location given for Penny Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.8081457 Lon: -86.5361026
- 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 Madison, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Penny 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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