Butler Springs Cemetery
Photo added by April D. Sandley

Butler Springs Cemetery

Butler Springs, Butler County, Alabama, USA

Add cemetery photos

About

  • Get directions S Butler Springs Road
    Butler Springs, Alabama, USA
    Coordinates: 31.80113, -86.86354
  • Cemetery ID:

Members have Contributed

Advertisement

Photos

Butler Springs Baptist Church was constituted in 1876 (according to its on-site sign), or in 1878 (according to Butler Baptist Association Minutes). The handsome wood-frame building with Gothic-arched windows was replaced by a brick church structure in the mid-20th century. The earliest marked grave in the adjacent cemetery is that of James Henderson in 1906, but the church was very active in the late 1800s, especially with its proximity to the popular mineral-water resort of Butler Springs. A number of unmarked graves probably predate the 1906 Henderson burial.

The church reported 79 members in 1907 and 72 members in 1916. The congregation dwindled over the next two decades, but a news headline of July 3, 1936, said: "Baptist Church at the Famous Old Resort Being Revived After Long Inactivity." Numbers rose and fell again, and by 1952, the church had only 12 members. However, members rallied yet again, formed committees, and set goals to beautify the church and grounds, erect a fence around the cemetery, and make other improvements. "Rural Church of Year Award Sought by Butler Springs" declared a news article of March 19, 1953. By the end of the 20th century, however, regular services were no longer being held and membership reports were no longer sent to the Butler Baptist Association.

The cemetery and church are on South Butler Springs Road/Co. Rd. 7, in Section 33, Township 10 North, Range 12 East, Butler County, Alabama. Drive approximately 13.5 miles west from Greenville on AL HWY 10 West. Turn south onto Butler Springs Rd (Co. Rd. 7). Turn south again (a left turn) when this road intersects Bibb Road (Co. Rd. 5) and becomes "South Butler Springs Road."



Butler Springs Baptist Church was constituted in 1876 (according to its on-site sign), or in 1878 (according to Butler Baptist Association Minutes). The handsome wood-frame building with Gothic-arched windows was replaced by a brick church structure in the mid-20th century. The earliest marked grave in the adjacent cemetery is that of James Henderson in 1906, but the church was very active in the late 1800s, especially with its proximity to the popular mineral-water resort of Butler Springs. A number of unmarked graves probably predate the 1906 Henderson burial.

The church reported 79 members in 1907 and 72 members in 1916. The congregation dwindled over the next two decades, but a news headline of July 3, 1936, said: "Baptist Church at the Famous Old Resort Being Revived After Long Inactivity." Numbers rose and fell again, and by 1952, the church had only 12 members. However, members rallied yet again, formed committees, and set goals to beautify the church and grounds, erect a fence around the cemetery, and make other improvements. "Rural Church of Year Award Sought by Butler Springs" declared a news article of March 19, 1953. By the end of the 20th century, however, regular services were no longer being held and membership reports were no longer sent to the Butler Baptist Association.

The cemetery and church are on South Butler Springs Road/Co. Rd. 7, in Section 33, Township 10 North, Range 12 East, Butler County, Alabama. Drive approximately 13.5 miles west from Greenville on AL HWY 10 West. Turn south onto Butler Springs Rd (Co. Rd. 7). Turn south again (a left turn) when this road intersects Bibb Road (Co. Rd. 5) and becomes "South Butler Springs Road."



Nearby cemeteries

Seale Family Cemetery

Butler Springs, Butler County, Alabama, USA

  • 3
  • 0%
  • 0%
0.2 mi
Watts Cemetery

Butler County, Alabama, USA

  • 7
  • 100%
  • 14%
2 mi
Shackleville Cemetery

Butler County, Alabama, USA

  • 338
  • 88%
  • 5%
2.5 mi
Pine Flat Cemetery

Butler County, Alabama, USA

  • 233
  • 95%
  • 5%
3 mi
  • Added: 1 Jan 2000
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 21906