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:
31.5193, -85.1913
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 Henry County<2>.
The county seat for Henry County is located in Abbeville. Abbeville lies just to the northwest 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 26 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Armstrong - Old Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Armstrong - Old Union Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong - Old Union Cemetery
- The Armstrong - Old Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26798 <5>
- Union Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Adoniram Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Adoniram Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adoniram Cemetery
- Old Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Old Zion Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zion Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Oakey Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakey Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakey Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakey Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the south of Abbeville.
- The Oakey Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakey Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #25090 <5>
- Oaky Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Oaky Grove Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaky Grove Cemetery
- Shorterville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Shorterville Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorterville Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Danzey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Danzey Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danzey Cemetery
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Roeville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Roeville Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roeville Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Tolbert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Tolbert Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert Cemetery
- Balkum Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Balkum Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balkum Cemetery
- Haleburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Haleburg Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleburg Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Granberry Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Granberry Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granberry Cemetery
- Culpepper Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Culpepper Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culpepper Cemetery
- Camp Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Camp Springs Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Springs Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Clay County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- New Park Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The New Park Cemetery is located in Clay County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Park Cemetery
- Judson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Judson Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson 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 Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Oakey Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakey Grove is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakey Grove
- Abbeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shorterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shorterville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorterville
- Graball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graball is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Former names for Graball:
- Hart's Crossroads
- Hudspeth's Crossroads
- Capps
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Capps is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps
- Haleburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Haleburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Newville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
- Fort Gaines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oketeyeconne ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oketeyeconne is located in Clay County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oketeyeconne
- Headland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Williams
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Williams is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Screamer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Screamer is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Bertha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bertha is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Clopton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clopton is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Columbia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kinsey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kinsey is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
- Bellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bellville is located in Clay County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Estimated population in 2019: 118 people
- Webb
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blakely
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Barber is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Bakerhill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bakerhill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Sawhatchee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sawhatchee is located in Early County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawhatchee
- Bluffton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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 Henry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Abbeville
- Blakely
- Fort Gaines
- Headland
- Napier Field
- Newville
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 Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Henry 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 #142982 (Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #142982 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: Henry
- Est. Elev: 124 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Abbeville East
- Location given for Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.5193366 Lon: -85.1913208
- 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 Henry, 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 obstructions 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. |
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