A visit to the Raley Family 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 Raley Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Raley Family Cemetery:
33.3771, -86.4166
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Raley Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Raley Family Cemetery is located in Shelby County<2>.
The county seat for Shelby County is located in Columbiana. Columbiana lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the southwest of the Raley Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Raley Family Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Raley Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Raley Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Elliott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Elliott Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
- Glover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Glover Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Cemetery
- Masters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Masters Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters Cemetery
- Baker Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Baker Grove Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Grove Cemetery
- Arkwright Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Arkwright Church Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Church Cemetery
- The Arkwright Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arkwright Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Kidd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Kidd Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidd Cemetery
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Allen Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Calcis
- Old Reynolds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Reynolds Cemetery is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Reynolds Cemetery
- Sterrett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sterrett Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Chancellor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Chancellor Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor Cemetery
- Nicholls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Nicholls Cemetery is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholls Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nicholls Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Childersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24993 <5>
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Macedonia North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Sterrett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Sterrett Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sterrett Cemetery
- Wallace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Holley Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley Cemetery
- Bradford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bradford Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Cemetery
- Caldwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Caldwell Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell 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 Raley Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Raley Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Vincent
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harpersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calcis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- East Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Logan Martin Dam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Westover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Sterrett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Childersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vandiver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bon Air
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Wilsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alpine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Dunavant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Dunnavant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Chelsea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Zubers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Shoal Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Comerdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Comerdale is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comerdale
- Winterboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Leeds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Brompton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
- Woodland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Cropwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cook's Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Bridgeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
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 Raley Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shelby County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Raley Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Childersburg
- Leeds
- Leeds lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Raley Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Leeds.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
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 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 Raley Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Shelby 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 Raley Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #146543 (Raley Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #146543 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: Shelby
- Est. Elev: 146 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Vincent
- Location given for Raley Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.377054 Lon: -86.4166465
- 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 Shelby, 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 from Point A (ie- Raley Family 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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