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Barlow Bend in Clarke County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
 

Union Chapel Cemetery

Clarke County

 
 
Union Chapel Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 15, 2026
1. Union Chapel Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
This cemetery has been an important resting place for our loved ones since the late 1800s. World War I and II and other veterans are buried here. It was added to the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register on August 28, 2015
 
Erected 2016 by Union Chapel Cemetery Committee Association and Interested Donors and Alabama Historical Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, World IWar, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 2015.
 
Location. 31° 27.558′ N, 87° 38.002′ W. Marker is in Barlow Bend, Alabama, in Clarke County. It is on Pops Road 0.1 miles east of Barlow Bend Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 255 Pops Rd, Gainestown AL 36540, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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 New Spain, the territory
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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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: French's Chapel (approx. Ό mile away); The Canoe Fight (approx. 1.2 miles away); Gainestown (approx. 3.7 miles away); Fort Madison-Creek War 1812-13 (approx. 6.7 miles away); Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church (approx. 8 miles away); William B. Travis House (approx. 9 miles away); Lafayette's Tour (approx. 9 miles away); Masonic Lodge No. 3 (approx. 9 miles away).
 
Union Chapel Cemetery & Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 15, 2026
2. Union Chapel Cemetery & Marker
Union Chapel & Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 15, 2026
3. Union Chapel & Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 5 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 16, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 23, 2026