A visit to the Unity 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 Unity Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Unity Cemetery:
34.5868, -85.7922
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Unity Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Unity Cemetery is located in DeKalb County<2>.
The county seat for DeKalb County is located in Fort Payne. Fort Payne lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Unity Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Unity Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Unity Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Unity Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mahan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Mahan Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Cemetery
- Dean Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Dean Chapel Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Chapel Cemetery
- Samples Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Samples Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samples Cemetery
- Hudgins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hudgins Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudgins Cemetery
- The Hudgins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pisgah Holiness Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23577 <5>
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Cemetery
- The Pleasant View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant View MB Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2156085 <5>
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- New Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The New Home Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
- Sarratt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Sarratt Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarratt Cemetery
- Town Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Town Creek Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pea Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Pea Ridge Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge Cemetery
- Broadway Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Green Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Whitehall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Whitehall Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall Cemetery
- The Whitehall Cemetery has also been known as:
- White Hall Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27051 <5>
- Cordell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Cordell Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell Cemetery
- Biddle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Biddle Cemetery is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Biddle Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Beaty Crossroads.
- The Biddle Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friendship Church Cemetery
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21620 <5>
- Rosalie Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Unity Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Unity Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sylvania
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sylvania is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,860 people
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Henagar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Central
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Powell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Powell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
- Rainsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chavies
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chavies is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
- Pisgah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gray ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Dutton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Rock City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Shiloh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Luna ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Luna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Pine Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Hammondville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hammondville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammondville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Fort Payne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Valley Head
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Beaty Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaty Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Crossroads
- Ider
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Fyffe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bootsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
- Douglas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Alpine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Mentone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefonte is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Section
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Unity Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in DeKalb County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Unity Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bellefonte - Historic
- Fort Payne
- Fyffe
- Rainsville
- Valley Head
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 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 Unity Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to DeKalb 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 Unity Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1805503 (Unity Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1805503 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: DeKalb
- Est. Elev: 430 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sylvania
- Location given for Unity Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.5867517 Lon: -85.7921935
- 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 DeKalb, 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 from Point A (ie- Unity 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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