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Russellville in Franklin County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
 

Counts Family Cemetery

 
 
Counts Family Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Billy Clemmons, January 25, 2023
1. Counts Family Cemetery Marker
Inscription.

Counts Family Cemetery has been placed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register by the Alabama Historical Commission
 
Erected by Descendants of Major Jesse Thomas Counts.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.
 
Location. 34° 30.153′ N, 87° 36.215′ W. Marker is in Russellville, Alabama, in Franklin County. It is on County Road 78, on the right. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3605 County Rd 78, Russellville AL 35654, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama. 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 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Newburg (approx. 1.6 miles away); Byler's Old Turnpike (approx. 5.1 miles away); Birth of a Town (approx. 6.1 miles away); In Honor of Ray Hutcheson & Mason Dubois Memorial (approx. 6.3 miles away); 2011 Tornado (approx. 6.3 miles away); Old Bethel Baptist Church (approx. 6.8 miles away); Franklin -- A County Older than the State (approx. 7 miles away); History of Russellville (approx. 7.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Russellville.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 25, 2023, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. This page has been viewed 577 times since then and 33 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on January 25, 2023, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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