Holly Pond in Cullman County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Holly Pond Cemetery

Established 1894

— Cullman County —

Holly Pond Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, December 26, 2025

1. Holly Pond Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Marked by an antique arch, the Holly Pond Cemetery encompasses 10 acres and includes a chapel built in 1975. The town chose the site to replace the burial ground in the center of town and make room for the town to grow. The town deeded the first acre to the deacons of the Baptist Church and the stewards of the Methodist Church. The first burial was a child. W.R. Hendrix, on August 15, 1894. Many of the early settlers who came after the Civil War, including veterans of that conflict, are interred here. The Holly Pond Homemakers Club has maintained the cemetery since 1949. As Holly Pond has grown, so has the cemetery, providing the final resting place for over 2000 people.

Erected 2025 by the Holly Pond Historical Society and the Alabama Historical Commission. Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register on February 18, 2014.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1894.

Location. 34° 10.863′ N, 86° 37.554′ W. Marker is in Holly Pond, Alabama, in Cullman County. It is on Wesley Avenue (County Road 1669) 0.1 miles

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south of Cemetary Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Holly Pond AL 35083, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Governor Guy Hunt (approx. ¼ mile away); The History of Holly Pond School (approx. half a mile away); First Baptist Church Holly Pond (approx. 0.6 miles away); Federal Raid (approx. 6.3 miles away); Berlin/Kritner Cemetery (approx. 6.7 miles away); Cullman County Electric Membership Corporation (approx. 7.1 miles away); In Honor of Those Who Served

Holly Pond Cemetery Marker and Arch image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, December 26, 2025

2. Holly Pond Cemetery Marker and Arch

(approx. 7.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Holly Pond.

Other markers no longer nearby. Holly Pond Cemetery (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Federal Raid (was approx. 6.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).

More about this marker. This 2025 marker replaced the 2014 marker with almost but not quite the same text.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 41 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 26, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.