A visit to the Sandy Creek 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 Sandy Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sandy Creek Cemetery:
33.0985, -87.3339
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sandy Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sandy Creek Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County<2>.
The county seat for Tuscaloosa County is located in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Sandy Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sandy Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Sandy Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sandy Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ward Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Ward Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- Coaling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Coaling Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling Cemetery
- Boyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Burns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Burns Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Cemetery
- Thomas Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Thomas Chapel Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Chapel Cemetery
- New Asia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The New Asia Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Asia Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Hubbard Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hubbard Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hubbard Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hubbard Family Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hubbard Family Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of Centreville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23574 <5>
- George Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Enterprise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise Cemetery
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Cemetery
- Duncanville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Little Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Little Hope Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope Cemetery
- Johnstown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Johnstown Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Cemetery
- Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east of Tuscaloosa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22723 <5>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen 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 Sandy Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sandy Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Coaling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coaling is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,633 people
- Hagler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hagler is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Pearson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pearson is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Duncanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Duncanville is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Egypt ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Vance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scottsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scottsville is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Brookwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cottondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fikestown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fikestown is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fikestown
- Peterson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peterson is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Bucktown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bucktown is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- West Blocton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burmah ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burmah is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmah
- North Bibb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Bibb is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bibb
- Holt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holt is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Alberta City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alberta City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta City
- Pondville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pondville is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
- Blocton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blocton is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton
- Corinne ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Corinne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
- Italian Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Italian Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Town
- Blocton Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blocton Junction is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton Junction
- Blocton Junction has also been known as:
- Blockton Junc
- University
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- University is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Sahama Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sahama Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahama Village
- Brent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wood Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Village
- Tuscaloosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside 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 Sandy Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tuscaloosa County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sandy Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blocton - Historic
- Tuscaloosa
- University
- West Blocton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Sandy Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Tuscaloosa 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 Sandy Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #162822 (Sandy Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #162822 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: Tuscaloosa
- Est. Elev: 91 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pearson
- Location given for Sandy Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.0984537 Lon: -87.3338894
- 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 Tuscaloosa, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy Creek 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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