A visit to the Woods 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 Woods Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Woods Cemetery:
33.6654, -87.3839
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Woods Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Woods Cemetery is located in Walker County<2>.
The county seat for Walker County is located in Jasper. Jasper lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Woods Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Woods Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Woods Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Woods Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Gilchrist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Gilchrist Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist Cemetery
- Oakman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Oakman Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakman Cemetery
- Day Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Day Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Cemetery
- Swindle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Swindle Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swindle Cemetery
- Key Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Key Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Pleasant Field Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Pleasant Field Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Field Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Pleasant Field Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Field Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Providence Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Patton Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Patton Hill Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Hill Cemetery
- Infant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Infant Hill Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Infant Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Flatwoods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Flatwoods Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods Cemetery
- Flatwoods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Flatwoods Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods Cemetery
- The Flatwoods Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flatwoods Baptist Church Cemetery
- Flatwoods Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22809 <5>
- Lower Sulpher Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Gibson Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Gibson Hill Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Hill Cemetery
- New Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The New Salem Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Earnest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Earnest Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest Cemetery
- Whitson Place Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Whitson Place Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitson Place Cemetery
- Rowe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Rowe Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Cemetery
- Gray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Gray Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Woods Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Woods Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Oakman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakman is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Former names for Oakman:
- Day's Gap
- Marietta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakman <6>
- Patton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Patton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Coal Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coal Valley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Corona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Patton Junction ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Patton Junction is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Parrish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parrish is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Goodsprings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Goodsprings is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alta is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- America
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- America is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Townley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Townley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townley
- Berry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Barney is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Cordova
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dovertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dovertown is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovertown
- Reeds Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Red Star
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
- Gamble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gamble is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble
- Black Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Edgil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Edgil is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgil
- Saragossa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Saragossa is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saragossa
- Bankston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bankston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- New Lexington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Lexington is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Toadvine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Toadvine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadvine
- Twilley Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Yerkwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Wyatt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Burnwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Carbon Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camak Mills ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Camak Mills is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camak Mills
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 Woods Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Walker County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woods Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Berry
- Carbon Hill
- Cordova
- Jasper
- Oakman
- Patton Junction - Historic
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 Woods Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Walker 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 Woods Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #129205 (Woods Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #129205 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: Walker
- Est. Elev: 183 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Oakman
- Location given for Woods Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.6653881 Lon: -87.3838927
- 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 Walker, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woods 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. |