A visit to the Sister Spring 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 Sister Spring Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sister Spring Cemetery:
32.3235, -86.8772
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sister Spring Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sister Spring Cemetery is located in Dallas County<2>.
The county seat for Dallas County is located in Selma. Selma lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Sister Spring Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sister Spring Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Sister Spring Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sister Spring Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Everdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The New Everdale Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Everdale Cemetery
- DuBose Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Luke Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke Cemetery
- Town Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Town Creek Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek Cemetery
- The Town Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hardy Family Cemetery
- Old Town Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26710 <5>
- Robert Rives Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Robert Rives Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert Rives Cemetery
- Kelso Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Kelso Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Tyrus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Tyrus Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrus Cemetery
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Jerusalem Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Cemetery
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Gilead Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Gilead Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mt. Gillard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Gillard Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Gillard Cemetery
- Fairlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- Adams Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Adams Grove Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams Grove Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Sardis.
- The Adams Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adams Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21195 <5>
- Dunklin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Dunklin Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunklin Cemetery
- Dunklin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Live Oak Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
- The Live Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Live Oak Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24056 <5>
- Mt. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Cemetery
- Rives Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Rives Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives Cemetery
- Mitchell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sister Spring Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sister Spring Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tyler
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Casey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Casey is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Jones Bluff Dam
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jones Bluff Dam is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bluff Dam
- Sardis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Petronia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petronia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronia
- White Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White Hall is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
- Belknap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belknap is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Kings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kings is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Collirene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Collirene is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collirene
- Statesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Statesville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Burnsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burnsville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Selma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Mill Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Mill Village is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Mill Village
- Cahawba ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cahawba is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahawba
- Valley Grande
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Grande is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grande
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,468 people
- Gordonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Mosses
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mosses is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Lowndesboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Autaugaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Fremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fremont is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
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 Sister Spring Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dallas County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sister Spring Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Sister Spring Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Dallas 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 Sister Spring Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1805710 (Sister Spring Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1805710 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: Dallas
- Est. Elev: 66 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sardis
- Location given for Sister Spring Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.3234717 Lon: -86.877207
- 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 Dallas, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sister Spring 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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