A visit to the Pritchard 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 Pritchard Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pritchard Cemetery:
32.1104, -87.5353
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pritchard Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pritchard Cemetery is located in Wilcox County<2>.
The county seat for Wilcox County is located in Camden. Camden lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Pritchard Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pritchard Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Pritchard Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pritchard Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dunaway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Dunaway Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunaway Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dunaway Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of Pine Hill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22572 <5>
- Thornhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Thornhill Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill Cemetery
- Goose Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Goose Creek Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Cemetery
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthews Cemetery
- Goshen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Cemetery
- Canaan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Canaan Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Cemetery
- Mormons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mormons Cemetery is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormons Cemetery
- DeVan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The DeVan Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeVan Cemetery
- Mendenhall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marsh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Marsh Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cemetery
- Marsh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Marsh Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Magnolia Cemetery is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Cemetery
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Collier Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Prairie Bluff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shell Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Shell Creek Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Christian Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Enon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Enon Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Cemetery
- Sand Island Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sand Island Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Island Cemetery
- Bennett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pritchard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pritchard Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lamison
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lamison is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamison
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Anne Manie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anne Manie is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anne Manie
- Bethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Flatwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flatwood is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
- Kimbrough
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kimbrough is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbrough
- Catherine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Catherine is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
- Prairie Bluff ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prairie Bluff is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Bluff
- Prairie Bluff has also been known as:
- Dale
- Daletown
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Vineland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vineland is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Millers Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Millers Ferry is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
- Gastonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gastonburg is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonburg
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pine Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Yellow Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yellow Bluff is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Consul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Consul is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consul
- Rehoboth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Ellison ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellison is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison
- Alberta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alberta is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Rockwest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwest is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwest
- Thomaston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thomaston is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Atkeison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atkeison is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkeison
- Crenshaw ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Crenshaw is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Central Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Central Mills is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Mills
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 Pritchard Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wilcox County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pritchard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pritchard Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Wilcox 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 Pritchard Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #125289 (Pritchard Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #125289 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: Wilcox
- Est. Elev: 69 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kimbrough
- Location given for Pritchard Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.1104235 Lon: -87.535278
- 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 Wilcox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pritchard 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. |