A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
34.3995, -85.5694
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.
The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Centre. Centre lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Henderson - Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The King Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Union Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Broomtown
- The Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
- Berea Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Berea Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea Cemetery
- Alexander Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Alexander Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Fisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Stewart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Ami Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Ami Cemetery is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ami Cemetery
- Howards Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dixons Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Dixons Chapel Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixons Chapel Cemetery
- Cannon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Cannon Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Cemetery
- Oak Bowery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Bowery Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bowery Cemetery
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Mill Creek Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Menlo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Menlo Cemetery is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24598 <5>
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 Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Moon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Blanche
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Broomtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Grover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Ringgold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Taft
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Adamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Chattoogaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Menlo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <6>
- Sigsbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Lickskillet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Gaylesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Lyerly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cloudland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Payne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Douglas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Dog Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Berryton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Valley Head
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lawrence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Bankhead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
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 Smith Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cherokee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #127003 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #127003 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: Cherokee
- Est. Elev: 241 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Jamestown
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.3995331 Lon: -85.5694069
- 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 Cherokee, 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- Smith 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |