Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Abernathy is located in Cleburne 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 Cleburne County: Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Randolph, Talladega, Carroll (GA), Haralson (GA) & Polk (GA).
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:
- Cleburne County (The home county of Abernathy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Hopewell
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Ai
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Fruithurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Muscadine
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Edwardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Hightower
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Ranburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heflin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Micaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Oak Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Hollis Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Grantley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Iron City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- White Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Choccolocco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- De Armanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Dailey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Nances Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Jacksonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Piedmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Spring Garden
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Tecumseh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Rock Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Exie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Delta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Crossroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Elder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Barfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Lineville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Newell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Morrison Crossroad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Cambridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Sewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Milner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Rockdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Woodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wedowee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Christiana
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Corbin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Ofelia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Kentuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Coldwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Jake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Bowdon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Mount Zion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bowdon Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Tyus
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Carrollton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Roopville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Temple
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lowell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Driskolls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Douglas County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Villa Rica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tyree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Waco
(13 miles [20.9 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 <1>
- Tabernacle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Bremen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Buchanan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Felton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Ephesus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Frolona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Esom Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Etna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Cedartown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 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.
- Ai Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fordham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crossroads Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Fruithurst.
- The Crossroads Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethsadia Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175443 <3>
- Wise Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Ranburne.
- The Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crumbleys Chapel Cemetery
- Crumley's Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254824 <3>
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garretts Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (415 more) ...
- Happy Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Abernathy had a population of 47 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Abernathy, with the one closest to Abernathy listed first.
- Hopewell
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Muscadine
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Hooper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hooper is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Edwardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Hightower
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Tallapoosa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Heflin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Belltown is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Bowdon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lofty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Burwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burwell is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Zion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Micaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Waco
(13 miles [20.9 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 <1>
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 55 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 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. 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 websites either 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 Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Randolph County
- Talladega County
- Carroll County
- Douglas County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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'. |
| <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> | 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. |