A visit to the Perkins 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 Perkins Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Perkins Cemetery:
34.8054, -87.9003
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Perkins Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Perkins Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County<2>.
The county seat for Lauderdale County is located in Florence. Florence lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of the Perkins Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Perkins Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Perkins Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Perkins Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Rowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Rowell Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowell Cemetery
- Noel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Noel Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Athens City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Athens City Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens City Cemetery
- Watkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Cunningham Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Cemetery
- Burnstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Burnstown Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnstown Cemetery
- Lane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Lane Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Cemetery
- Pride Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Pride Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride Cemetery
- Malone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Malone Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Cemetery
- Cherokee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Cherokee Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Barton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Barton Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Cemetery
- Simpson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Simpson Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Cherokee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cherokee Cemetery is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
- Zion MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- Walston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Walston Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walston Cemetery
- Sherrod Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sherrod Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrod Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Perkins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Perkins Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Cypress Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- McGee Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Threet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Sheffield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Waterloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Tuscumbia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Florence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Mars Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Oldham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Jacksonburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Bishop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Denton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- White House Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Muscle Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wilson Dam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- Cypress Inn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
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 Perkins Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lauderdale County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Perkins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cherokee
- Florence
- Muscle Shoals
- Sheffield
- Tuscumbia
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 helpful 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 Perkins Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Lauderdale 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 Perkins Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #124611 (Perkins Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #124611 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: Lauderdale
- Est. Elev: 144 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cherokee
- Location given for Perkins Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.8053664 Lon: -87.9003117
- 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 Lauderdale, 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- Perkins 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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