Cordova in Walker County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Union Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery

Walker County

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, June 14, 2026

1. Union Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Marker

Inscription. In 1859, John P. Black, Sanford Argo, John Barton, L.D. Gamble, & Samuel Black organized a community church. On April 7, 1885, John and Jane Felkins donated land to the Union Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church for the cemetery. Pioneers were Robert Hunter, William W. and Sara Wilson, Zan Black, William J. and Alice Lovell, John and Alcy Lovell, John Akins, William H. and Jane Lovell Riddlesperger, Robert Black, Nathaniel Black, Joseph and Amanda Gardner, I.Q. and Laura Akins, Jim Hambric, and Mr. Brown. Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register

Erected 2016 by Union Chapel Cemetery and Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1885.

Location. 33° 48.979′ N, 87° 10.87′ W. Marker is in Cordova, Alabama, in Walker County. It is at the intersection of Buttermilk Road and Union Chapel Loop, on the right when traveling south on Buttermilk Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 386 Buttermilk Rd, Cordova AL 35550,

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United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

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 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: Union Chapel Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); City Of Cordova (approx. 4 miles away); Daily Mountain Eagle (approx. 4.8 miles away); Town of Sipsey (approx. 5.4 miles away); Carl Atwood Elliott (approx. 5½ miles away); Walker County War Memorial (approx. 5.6 miles away); Confederate Monument (approx. 5.6 miles away); Sergeant William Jasper (approx. 5.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cordova.

Union Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Marker and Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, June 14, 2026

2. Union Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Marker and Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 16, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.