A visit to the Pilgrims Rest 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 Pilgrims Rest Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery:
34.1979, -85.8880
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pilgrims Rest Cemetery is located in Etowah County<2>.
The county seat for Etowah County is located in Gadsden. Gadsden lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Boyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Harbour Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Harbour Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Cemetery
- Patrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Patrick Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Cemetery
- Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Mathis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mathis Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis Cemetery
- Bristow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Bristow Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Nicholson Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Shepard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Shepard Cemetery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Hunts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hunts Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collins Cemetery is located in Collinsville.
- Collinsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Collinsville Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collinsville Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Kerley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Kerley Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kerley Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Gilbreath Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gilbreath Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbreath Cemetery
- Mackey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mackey Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Cemetery
- Anthony Collins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Keener
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Collinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yancy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Cotnam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Wilsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Duck Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Dawson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Turkeytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Leesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Rodentown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Coat's Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Hale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Crossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crudup
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Whitesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Ballplay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Reece City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reece City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
- Edwardsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
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 Pilgrims Rest Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Etowah County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Pilgrims Rest Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Etowah 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 Pilgrims Rest Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #164233 (Pilgrims Rest Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #164233 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: Etowah
- Est. Elev: 321 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Keener
- Location given for Pilgrims Rest Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1978724 Lon: -85.8880254
- 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 Etowah, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pilgrims Rest 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |