Cemetery

Union Cemetery

Empress · Brooks County

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The Story

Union Church Cemetery, also known as Old Union Church Cemetery, lies along the Empress Highway, also called Country Club Road, in southern Brooks County. About 34 burials are recorded there, though only a small share of the markers have so far been photographed. It grew up beside one of the county's early Union churches.

About this site

Union Cemetery is a cemetery in Empress, Brooks County. It is one of 49 cemeteries documented in Brooks County, among 67 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 30.6768, -83.5530 near Empress. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pineview Cemetery (cemetery), about 2.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Worn Cemetery, Columbia Primitive Baptist Church, and Columbia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.

This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Union Church Cemetery, also known as Old Union Church Cemetery, lies along the Empress Highway, also called Country Club Road, in southern Brooks County. About 34 burials are recorded there, though only a small share of the markers have so far been photographed. It grew up beside one of the county's early Union churches.

Sources: findagrave.com

📍 30.6768, -83.5530 · Empress, Brooks County
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