A visit to the Union 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 Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Cemetery:
34.2298, -85.7027
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Union Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.
The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Centre. Centre lies just to the south southeast of the Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Union Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Chesnut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Chesnut Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesnut Cemetery
- Starling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Starling Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starling Cemetery
- Tuckers Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Welcome Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Welcome Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Hill Cemetery
- Sand Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sand Rock Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock Cemetery
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Yellow Creek Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Cemetery
- Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Centre.
- The Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tates Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26599 <5>
- Sand Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Sand Valley Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Valley Cemetery
- Daniels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Daniels Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Cemetery
- Coffey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Coffey Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey Cemetery
- Longshore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Longshore Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longshore Cemetery
- New Testament Holiness Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Mt. Lookout Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Lookout Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lookout Cemetery
- Pratt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pratt Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Cemetery
- Centre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Centre Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Cemetery
- Cedar Bluff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Bluff Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff Cemetery
- Unity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Unity Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Cemetery
- Black Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Black Oak Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Anderson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centre
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Cedar Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Lickskillet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Moshat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Gaylesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Taft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Tucker Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Lawrence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Collinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Noah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Blanche
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Hale ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Ringgold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Adamsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
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 Union 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 Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cedar Bluff
- Centre
- Collinsville
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 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 Union 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 Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #136996 (Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #136996 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: 186 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Centre
- Location given for Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.2298164 Lon: -85.7027429
- 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 '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- Union 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. |