A visit to the Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sweetwater Cemetery:
33.2629, -85.6313
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sweetwater Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sweetwater Cemetery is located in Randolph County<2>.
The county seat for Randolph County is located in Wedowee. Wedowee lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Sweetwater Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sweetwater Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Sweetwater Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sweetwater Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cragford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Cragford Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragford Cemetery
- Jehovah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Jehovah Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jehovah Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dinglers Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Malone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Malone Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Corinth Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Cemetery
- Fisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Knight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Knight Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gay Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Cemetery
- McCollum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The McCollum Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCollum Cemetery
- Old Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Lineville City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Old Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McDaniel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The McDaniel Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McDaniel Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Mellow Valley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24325 <5>
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Swan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Swan Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Cemetery
- Wildcat Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Wildcat Creek Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat Creek Cemetery
- Boozer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Boozer Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sweetwater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sweetwater Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cragford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ofelia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Malone Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Christiana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Lineville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Almond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Forester Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Barfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Wedowee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Motley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Wadley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Milner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Truett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Rockdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Ashland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Delta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Emuckfaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Abanda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Peavy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Haynes Crossroad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Cambridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Morrison Crossroad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Harkins Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
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 Sweetwater Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Randolph County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sweetwater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashland
- Lineville
- Wedowee
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Sweetwater Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Randolph 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 Sweetwater Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #127591 (Sweetwater Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #127591 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: Randolph
- Est. Elev: 264 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lineville East
- Location given for Sweetwater Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.2628939 Lon: -85.6313458
- 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 Randolph, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sweetwater 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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