Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Union Hill Cemetery

Photographed by Tim Carr, January 4, 2010

1. Union Hill Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Union Hill Cemetery is the burial ground of many pioneers and early settlers of the Shades Valley area. It was established in the 1870s, but includes gravestones dating back to the early 1850s due to the relocation of two earlier, smaller cemeteries to Union Hill - the Daniel Watkins Cemetery in 1946 and the Enoch Anderson Watkins Cemetery in 2004. Union Hill Cemetery is also the final resting place of many veterans who served in the Civil War, Spanish - American War, WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.

Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register

Erected 2009 by Alabama Historical Commission / Family & Friends of Union Hill Cemetery.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1946.

Location. 33° 28.896′ N, 86° 46.794′ W. Marker is in Homewood, Alabama, in Jefferson County. It is on Hollywood Boulevard east of Malaga Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Birmingham AL 35209, 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 walking distance of this marker

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: Union Hill Cemetery, Union Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, Union Hill School (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Shades Valley High School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hollywood / Hollywood Town Hall / Hollywood Country Club (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Early Mountain Brook Village Area (approx. 0.4 miles away); Homewood (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lane Park (approx. 0.6 miles away); America's First Office Park (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hallman Hill (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Homewood.

Photographed by Tim Carr, January 4, 2010

2. Union Hill Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Tim Carr, January 4, 2010

3. Union Hill Cemetery Marker

Gravesite of Pvt C. Burrell Co C 20 Ala Inf CSA 1843 - 1900 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, January 4, 2010

4. Gravesite of Pvt C. Burrell Co C 20 Ala Inf CSA 1843 - 1900

Credits. This page was last revised on July 25, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 5,598 times since then and 141 times this year. Last updated on May 30, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 8, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.