A visit to the Polk Memorial Gardens ...
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 Polk Memorial Gardens ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Polk Memorial Gardens:
34.0173, -85.2011
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Polk Memorial Gardens can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Polk Memorial Gardens is located in Polk County<2>.
The county seat for Polk County is located in Cedartown. Cedartown lies just to the west of the Polk Memorial Gardens .
Open a Google Map centered on the Polk Memorial Gardens.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Polk Memorial Gardens.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Polk Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.
- Northview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Northview Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview Cemetery
- Northview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Northview Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview Cemetery
- Wimberly Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Side Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The South Side Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Side Cemetery
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Cedartown.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098824 <5>
- New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
- The New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Harmony Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #199085 <5>
- Hightower Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hightower Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chubb Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Chubb Road Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubb Road Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Prospect Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The New Prospect Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Bower Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Lime Branch Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Branch Cemetery
- Live Oak Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Live Oak Baptist Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Live Oak Baptist Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Aragon.
- The Live Oak Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Live Oak Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2210468 <5>
- Red Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- Dugdown Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Felton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Felton Cemetery is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton Cemetery
- Felton Methodist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Felton Methodist Church Cemetery is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton Methodist Church Cemetery
- The Felton Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Felton Memory Gardens
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Pleasant Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Damascus Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Polk Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Polk Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first:
- Cedartown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Rockmart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aragon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Felton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Wax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Cave Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Esom Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lindale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tecumseh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Braswell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Taylorsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Atlanta Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Buchanan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Palestine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Tabernacle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Bass Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Rome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
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 Polk Memorial Gardens. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Polk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Polk Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Buchanan
- Cedartown
- Rockmart
- Rome
- Rome lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Polk Memorial Gardens.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rome.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
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 Polk Memorial Gardens:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Polk 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 Polk Memorial Gardens:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #320982 (Polk Memorial Gardens)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #320982 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: Polk
- Est. Elev: 280 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cedartown East
- Location given for Polk Memorial Gardens:
- Lat: 34.0173225 Lon: -85.2010614
- 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 Georgia's counties, including Polk, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Polk Memorial Gardens) 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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