A visit to the Wadley 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 Wadley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wadley Cemetery:
32.9474, -83.8188
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wadley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wadley Cemetery is located in Monroe County<2>.
The county seat for Monroe County is located in Forsyth. Forsyth lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Wadley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wadley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Wadley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wadley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Battle Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Singleton Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Union Bibb Primitive Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Damascus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Damascus Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Cemetery
- Greater Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Webb - Roquemore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Webb - Roquemore Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb - Roquemore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Webb - Roquemore Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the east of Forsyth.
- Little Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Little Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cemetery
- McCowen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The McCowen Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCowen Cemetery
- McCommon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The McCommon Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCommon Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Holly Grove Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove Cemetery
- Chambliss Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Chambliss Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambliss Cemetery
- Zellner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Zellner Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zellner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zellner Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Forsyth.
- Little Rogers CME Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCallum / Hart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Flewellen-Holt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ebenezer Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Forsyth.
- St. Dennis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The St. Dennis Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Dennis Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Parker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Lizella.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2281948 <5>
- St. Peter Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Peter Rock Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
- The St. Peter Rock Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peter Rock Church Cemetery
- St. Peters Rock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36785 <5>
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 Wadley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wadley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bolingbroke
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smarr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lizella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Forsyth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Payne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Juliette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vinson Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Macon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Wayside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Box Ankle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Culloden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Musella
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Macon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Bradley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Round Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Wheeler Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Morton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Gray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Knoxville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Goggins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Yatesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roberta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Echeconnee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 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 Wadley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Monroe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wadley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Forsyth
- Gray
- Gray lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Wadley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gray.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Macon
- Roberta
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 professional and volunteer 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 Wadley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Monroe 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 Wadley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #324740 (Wadley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #324740 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: Monroe
- Est. Elev: 182 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bolingbroke
- Location given for Wadley Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.9473576 Lon: -83.8187943
- 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 Monroe, 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- Wadley 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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