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A visit to the Union Grove Cemetery ...


The location of the Union Grove Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Grove Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Grove Cemetery

Lat:   34.0159°   (34° 0' 57")

Lon:   -85.4972°   (-85° 29' 49")

The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.

The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Centre. Centre lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Union Grove Cemetery .

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 websites either 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 Grove Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Alabama:
  • Pages specific to Cherokee County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Union Grove Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Union Grove Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Rock Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
      • Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
    • Spring Garden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
      • Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
    • Tecumseh
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tecumseh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
      • Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
    • Palestine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
      • Palestine is located in Cleburne County
    • Etna
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
      • Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
    • Dailey
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dailey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
      • Dailey is located in Calhoun County
    • Borden Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borden Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
      • Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Goshen is located in Calhoun County
    • Esom Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Coloma ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coloma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
      • Coloma is located in Cherokee County
    • Piedmont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
      • Piedmont is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,470 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <4>
    • Tucker Crossroads
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
      • Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
    • Continue List   (13 more) ...
      • Moshat
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
        • Moshat is located in Cherokee County
      • Howells Crossroads
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
        • Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
        • Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
        • Howells Cross Roads
      • Grantley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
        • Grantley is located in Cleburne County
      • Oak Level
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Level have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
        • Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
      • Cave Spring
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Collins ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
        • Collins is located in Calhoun County
      • Kirk's Grove
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
        • Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County
      • Cedartown
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Grantville ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
        • Grantville is located in Cherokee County
      • Turkey Town ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
        • Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
      • Ball Flat
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ball Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
        • Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
      • Nances Creek
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
        • Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
      • Centre
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

    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 Grove 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 Grove Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Union Grove Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Pleasant Gap Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Gap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant Gap Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Gap Cemetery
    • Salem Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Salem Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • Sheepskin Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheepskin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sheepskin Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheepskin Cemetery
    • Lebanon Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Arrington Chapel Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Carmel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Carmel Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carmel Cemetery
    • Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Providence Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Providence Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Farmer Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Farmer Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmer Cemetery
    • Ladiga Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ladiga Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ladiga Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ladiga Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23876 <6>
    • Continue List   (12 more) ...
      • Borden Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Borden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Borden Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
        • The Borden Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Payne Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Borden Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #25305 <6>
      • Cherry Grove Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cherry Grove Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Cherry Grove Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherry Grove Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22089 <6>
      • Williams Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hopewell Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Cemetery
      • Friendship Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Friendship Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
      • Hebron Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Hebron Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Cemetery
      • Mountain Springs Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Mountain Springs Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Springs Cemetery
      • Goshen Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goshen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Goshen Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goshen Cemetery
      • Goshen Valley Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • The Goshen Valley Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Goshen Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Piedmont.
        • The Goshen Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Goshen Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goshen Valley Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1413181 <6>
      • Macedonia Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Polk County (GA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
      • Rehobeth Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rehobeth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Rehobeth Cemetery is located in Floyd County (GA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rehobeth Cemetery
      • Nazareth Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nazareth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Nazareth Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nazareth Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Grove Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #136998  (Union Grove Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #136998 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Indian Mountain
      • County: Cherokee         Elev: 241
      • Location given for GNIS #136998 (Union Grove Cemetery)

    The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

    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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Union Grove Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0159, Longitude: -85.4972       In this case, the coordinates for the Union Grove Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>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.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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