A visit to the Walker Family 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 Walker Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Walker Family Cemetery:
34.9326, -85.7489
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Walker Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Walker Family Cemetery is located in Jackson County<2>.
The county seat for Jackson County is located in Scottsboro. Scottsboro lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the southwest of the Walker Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Walker Family Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Walker Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Walker Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rocky Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Rocky Spring Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Spring Cemetery
- Bonaventure Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Bonaventure Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonaventure Cemetery
- Abbott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Abbott Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Cemetery
- Loyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Kirkpatrick Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick Cemetery
- Hackworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hackworth Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackworth Cemetery
- Wynne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Wynne Cemetery is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynne Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- McMahan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The McMahan Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan Cemetery
- Brown - Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown - Cox Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown - Cox Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Potts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Potts Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Cemetery
- Ridley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Ridley Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridley Cemetery
- Maxwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Cemetery
- Gray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Gray Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Cemetery
- Beene Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Beene Cemetery is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beene Cemetery
- Richards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Richards Cemetery is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Cemetery
- Austin - Cameron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cargile Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cargile Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cargile Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Wimberley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wimberley Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimberley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wimberley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Stevenson.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27158 <5>
- Moore Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Moore Chapel Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Chapel Cemetery
- Harris Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The James Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Walker Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Walker Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bridgeport
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <6>
- Browns Valley ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Copenhagen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Richard City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Richard City is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- Haynes Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Crossing is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossing
- New Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Long Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- South Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stevenson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bryant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Orme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orme is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- New Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Kimball
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Rash
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rash is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rash
- Higdon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eliza
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eliza is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Cole City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cole City is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole City
- Population from the 2010 Census: 127 people
- Flat Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Walker Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jackson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Walker Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bridgeport
- Jasper
- Jasper lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Walker Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Jasper.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- South Pittsburg
- Stevenson
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Walker Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Jackson 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 Walker Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #149601 (Walker Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #149601 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: Jackson
- Est. Elev: 211 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bridgeport
- Location given for Walker Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.9325813 Lon: -85.7488614
- 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 Jackson, 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- Walker Family 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. |