A visit to the Roselawn Memorial Gardens ...
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 Roselawn Memorial Gardens ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Roselawn Memorial Gardens:
34.5945, -87.0050
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Roselawn Memorial Gardens can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Roselawn Memorial Gardens is located in Morgan County<2>.
The county seat for Morgan County is located in Decatur. Decatur lies just to the east of the Roselawn Memorial Gardens .
Open a Google Map centered on the Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Roselawn Memorial Gardens.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Roselawn Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.
- Decatur Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Decatur Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Cemetery
- The Decatur Cemetery has also been known as:
- Decatur City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22485 <5>
- Mosley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mosley Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosley Cemetery
- Crow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Crow Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Cemetery
- Burleson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Burleson Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burleson Cemetery
- Stroup Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Stroup Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroup Cemetery
- Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- Adkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Adkins Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adkins Cemetery is located in Austinville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21199 <5>
- Blackwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Blackwell Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blackwell Cemetery is located in Decatur.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21661 <5>
- Nebo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Nebo Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo Cemetery
- Bell - Nebo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gunn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Gunn Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn Cemetery
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Rather Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Rather Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rather Cemetery
- Neville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grayson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Grayson Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson Cemetery
- Wimbley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Wimbley Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimbley Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Stockton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Stockton Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton Cemetery
- Grizzard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Grizzard Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard Cemetery
- Wise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Wise Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Cemetery
- Oakview Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Macklin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Macklin Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macklin Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Roselawn Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first:
- Simpson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Moulton Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Austinville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Decatur
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <6>
- Russell Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Harris Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Trinity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flint City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Orrville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Burningtree Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Mooresville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Priceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Belle Mina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Tanner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Westlake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hartselle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Swancott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Garner ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Chalybeate Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Oakville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Danville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Ripley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Country Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
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 Roselawn Memorial Gardens. The following communities are located in Morgan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Roselawn Memorial Gardens:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Morgan 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 Roselawn Memorial Gardens:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #153218 (Roselawn Memorial Gardens)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #153218 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: Morgan
- Est. Elev: 183 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Trinity
- Location given for Roselawn Memorial Gardens:
- Lat: 34.5945367 Lon: -87.0050094
- 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 Morgan, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Roselawn Memorial Gardens) 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. |