Cemeteries in Alabama (State)

Alabama, admitted as the 22nd state of the United States in 1819, was originally inhabited by Native American tribes such as the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw. Under Spanish, French, and later British colonial rule, the region became part of the Mississippi Territory before U.S. statehood.

Early European American settlers, many from the Carolinas and Georgia, established cotton plantations using enslaved labor, making Alabama a cornerstone of the antebellum South. The state seceded during the Civil War and later endured Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era. Alabama played a central role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Cemeteries such as Oak Hill Cemetery in Birmingham and Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile reflect the state’s long and complex history, preserving the stories of its diverse population.