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Near New Hope in Madison County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
 

Hayden Cemetery

 
 
Hayden Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 6, 2022
1. Hayden Cemetery Marker
Inscription. On August 19, 1887, Tranquilla J. Haden gave to the Poplar Ridge community 1.5 acres at this site for a cemetery later to be called Hayden. The site had been used as a cemetery since as early as 1858. The cemetery expanded to 5.1 acres through gifts and purchases from Horatio & Sallie Smith, Howard & Ada Smith, Carl & Betty Worley, and Bobby Connally. During the construction of Interstate 65 in 1968, remains from the Collier Cemetery in Limestone County were reinterred at Hayden, On June 4, 1985, a perpetual care organization was created with officers and trustees to ensure the cemetery continued to serve southeast Madison County.
 
Erected 2005 by Alabama Historical Association.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1858.
 
Location. 34° 34.134′ N, 86° 22.112′ W. Marker is near New Hope, Alabama, in Madison County. It is on Hayden Cemetery Road 0.1 miles west of Poplar Ridge Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map.
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Marker is in this post office area: New Hope AL 35760, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama and in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Poplar Ridge School (approx. 1.4 miles away); Whitaker Cemetery (approx. 2.6 miles away); Fort Deposit Trail (approx. 2.7 miles away); Vienna (New Hope) (approx. 2.7 miles away); New Hope Cemetery / Town of New Hope (approx. 2.9 miles away); Bethel Cemetery (approx. 3 miles away); Site of 1954 Crash of Air Force Cargo Plane (approx.
Hayden Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 6, 2022
2. Hayden Cemetery Marker
5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Hope.
 
Also see . . .  Hayden Cemetery. Find A Grave page on the burial ground. (Submitted on February 7, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.) 
 
View of Hayden Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 6, 2022
3. View of Hayden Cemetery
Hayden Cemetery Secondary Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 6, 2022
4. Hayden Cemetery Secondary Marker
The marker also at the cemetery entrance lists those involved in creating Hayden Cemetery Perpetual care.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 874 times since then and 72 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 7, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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