A visit to the Underwood 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 Underwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Underwood Cemetery:
32.1674, -86.9255
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Underwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Underwood Cemetery is located in Dallas County<2>.
The county seat for Dallas County is located in Selma. Selma lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Underwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Underwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Underwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Underwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Mt. Lebanon Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
- Mt. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- McColough Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The McColough Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColough Cemetery
- Rives Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Rives Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives Cemetery
- Dunklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Dunklin Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunklin Cemetery
- Dunklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Town Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Cox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- Soles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Soles Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soles Cemetery
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Cedar Creek Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Cemetery
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Center Ridge Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ridge Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Carlowville Community Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Sills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sills Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sills Cemetery
- Oliver Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Oliver Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Adams Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Old Snow Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- Robert Rives Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Robert Rives Cemetery is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert Rives 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 Underwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Underwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pleasant Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Kings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kings is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Belknap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Belknap is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Collirene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Collirene is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collirene
- Minter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Minter is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Carlowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carlowville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlowville
- Sardis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petronia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petronia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronia
- Furman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Furman is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furman
- Bragg's
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bragg's is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg's
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Casey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Casey is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Ackerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ackerville is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackerville
- Snow Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Gordonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Tyler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McBrydes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- McBrydes is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBrydes
- Jones Bluff Dam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Bluff Dam is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bluff Dam
- Mosses
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mosses is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Cahawba ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cahawba is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahawba
- White Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Hall is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
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 Underwood 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 Underwood 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 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 Underwood 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 Underwood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #128252 (Underwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #128252 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: 120 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pleasant Hill
- Location given for Underwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.1673645 Lon: -86.92554
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Underwood 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. |