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:
34.9356, -87.1208
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 Limestone County<2>.
The county seat for Limestone County is located in Athens. Athens lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southeast 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 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Craig Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Craig Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Cemetery
- Tedd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Tedd Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedd Cemetery
- Dupree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Dupree Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupree Cemetery
- Cunningham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Browning Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Browning Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning Cemetery
- Elledge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Elledge Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elledge Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Hesters Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Legg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Legg Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Legg Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the west of Elkmont.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23948 <5>
- Gaston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Gaston Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Evans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Evans Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Sandlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Sandlin Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sandlin Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Cairo
- Grigsby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Grigsby Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigsby Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lebanon Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northwest of Athens.
- The Lebanon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lebanon Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23932 <5>
- Collier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Nelson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Nelson Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
- Hightower Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hightower Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower Cemetery
- Legg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Legg Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg Cemetery
- McCravy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The McCravy Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCravy Cemetery
- Barker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Barker Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Cemetery
- Elk River Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shoal Bluff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Shoal Bluff Cemetery is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Bluff Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The White Cemetery is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White 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 Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Cairo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lester is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Lentzville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Stella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Estep ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Confluence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Minor Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Elkmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Appleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Poplar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Hay's Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Pettusville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Ripley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Rogersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <6>
- Athens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corum ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Anthony Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
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 Limestone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Athens
- Elkmont
- Rogersville
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 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 Limestone 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 #153472 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #153472 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: Limestone
- Est. Elev: 229 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Salem
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.9356404 Lon: -87.1208459
- 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 Limestone, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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. |