A visit to the Providence 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 Providence Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Providence Cemetery:
33.4523, -87.3017
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Providence Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Providence Cemetery is located in Jefferson County<2>.
The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Birmingham. Birmingham lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the east of the Providence Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Providence Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Providence Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Patton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Patton Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Cemetery
- Warrior Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Warrior Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Cemetery
- Prudes Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Prudes Creek Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudes Creek Cemetery
- Spencer Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Spencer Hill Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Hill Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Heard Shoal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Heard Shoal Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Shoal Cemetery
- Goodwater Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Goodwater Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwater Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Dug Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Dug Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill Cemetery
- Piney Wood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Piney Wood Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Wood Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Toadvine Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Toadvine Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadvine Cemetery
- Weaver Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Weaver Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Whitson Place Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Whitson Place Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitson Place Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Wiley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Wiley Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley Cemetery
- Piney Woods Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Piney Woods Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods Cemetery
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Yellow Creek Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Cemetery
- Davis Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Davis Creek Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Creek Cemetery
- Prescott Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Prescott Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Cemetery
- High Hill Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The High Hill Church Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Church Cemetery
- The High Hill Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- High Hill Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 33 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Providence Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Providence Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bull City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Kellerman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kellerman is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerman
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ezra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ezra is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezra
- Toadvine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Toadvine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadvine
- Abernant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abernant is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernant
- North Johns
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Johns is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Rock Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Black Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Adger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Short Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Short Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Brookwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Lake View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Hueytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Goodsprings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Goodsprings is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Peterson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peterson is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Bullard Shoals ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bullard Shoals is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullard Shoals
- Sylvan Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Samantha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
- Lake Front Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Front Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Front Village
- Wood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Village
- Holt
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Holt is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Oakman
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oakman is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Former names for Oakman:
- Day's Gap
- Marietta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakman <5>
- Green Pond
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tannehill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Kimbrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kimbrell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbrell
- McCalla
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Old Jonesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Old Jonesboro is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jonesboro
- Patton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Patton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Industrial City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Industrial City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial City
- Maytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Maytown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Reeds Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
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 Providence Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jefferson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Providence 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 professional and volunteer 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 Providence Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Jefferson 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 Providence Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #144487 (Providence Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #144487 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 172 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Burchfield Store
- Location given for Providence Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.4523341 Lon: -87.3016666
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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 Jefferson, 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- Providence 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. |