A visit to the Sheppard 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 Sheppard Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sheppard Cemetery:
34.1445, -86.5636
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sheppard Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sheppard Cemetery is located in Blount County<2>.
The county seat for Blount County is located in Oneonta. Oneonta lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Sheppard Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sheppard Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Sheppard Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sheppard Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- New Lebanon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The New Lebanon Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Blue Ridge Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Holly Pond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Holly Pond Cemetery is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Pond Cemetery
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blountsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Blountsville Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Gibbs Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Gibbs Chapel Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Chapel Cemetery
- Sivley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Sivley Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivley Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Roswell Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pilgrim Rest Cemetery is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Graves Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Graves Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Cemetery
- Alldredge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Alldredge Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alldredge Cemetery
- Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Brooksville.
- The Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dickson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22504 <5>
- Brooksville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Brooksville Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville Cemetery
- The Brooksville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brooksville Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #590261 <5>
- Summit Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Summit Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sheppard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sheppard Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Birdie
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Holly Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Blountsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brooksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Baileytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Royal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Craig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Bright Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gum Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Baileyton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Susan Moore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Clarence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Fridays Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- McLarty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Cleveland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wynnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Snead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Highmound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Joppa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Berlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
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 Sheppard Cemetery. The following communities are located in Blount County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sheppard 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 Sheppard Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Blount 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 Sheppard Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #126694 (Sheppard Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #126694 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: Blount
- Est. Elev: 245 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Holly Pond
- Location given for Sheppard Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.144541 Lon: -86.563602
- 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 Blount, 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 from Point A (ie- Sheppard 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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