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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Abernathy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Abernathy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Abernathy, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Abernathy (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Abernathy. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Abernathy is historic, it would have been located within present day Calhoun County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Calhoun County: Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Saint Clair & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Abernathy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Abernathy:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Abernathy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Nances Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- White Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Dailey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Piedmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Iron City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Jacksonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Merrellton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Choccolocco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Booker T City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Booker T City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T City
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Spring Garden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Rock Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Tecumseh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Exie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Ball Flat
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Moshat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Noah
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Delta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Elder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Grantley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Oak Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Fruithurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Borden Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Heflin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Muscadine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Palestine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Ai
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Hopewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hollis Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Abel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Banner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Hokes Bluff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Ballplay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Glencoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Hale ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coat's Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Edwardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Morrison Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Newell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Milner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Cambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Christiana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Rockdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Woodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Kentuck
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Coldwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Jake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Mount Zion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdon Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bowdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Temple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Tyus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Floyd County (GA)
- Cave Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Budapest
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Felton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Waco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <2>
- Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Morgan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Esom Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Etna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Cedartown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Abernathy, see our County-by-County Page for Abernathy.
Cemeteries Near Abernathy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Abernathy.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Abernathy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Abernathy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Dunn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grimes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rabbittown Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Cane Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williamson - Little Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nances Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (345 more) ...
- Memorial Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Perry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hanks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Abernathy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Abernathy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Grantley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Jenkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jenkins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Oak Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Nances Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- White Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Piedmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Iron City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Heflin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Borden Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Ladiga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ladiga is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiga
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jacksonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Muscadine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Palestine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Abernathy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Abernathy.
Newspapers Published in Abernathy ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Abernathy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Abernathy, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Abernathy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Abernathy:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Etowah County
- Randolph County
- Talladega County
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Haralson County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Abernathy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Abernathy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |