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 Altamont Park (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 Altamont Park. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Altamont Park is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Altamont Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Altamont Park:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Altamont Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Avondale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Avondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Mountain Brook Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- English Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- English Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Birmingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Birmingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Birmingham
- Mountain Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gate City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gate City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate City
- Marks Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marks Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Village
- Vulcan City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vulcan City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan City
- Cahaba Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cahaba Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cahaba Landing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Landing
- Bartonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bartonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
- Homewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Eddings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eddings is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddings
- Green Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Woodstock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton Junction is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton Junction
- Blocton Junction has also been known as:
- Blockton Junc
- North Bibb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Bibb is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bibb
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Warrior
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- County Line
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Compton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Selfville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Remlap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Red Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Adville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Hayden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Locust Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Reid's
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Smoke Rise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Arkadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Black Bottom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Woodland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Moody
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Brompton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Acmar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Parsons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Argo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Margaret
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbough Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Cook's Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Vincent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Branchville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Odenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Springville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Bridgeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Inverness
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Lake Purdy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Meadowbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Shoal Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Indian Springs Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
- Dunavant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Pelham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chelsea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vandiver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tacoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Falliston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Falliston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- East Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Logan Martin Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Childersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Air
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Tannehill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Lake View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Abernant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abernant is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernant
- Bull City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Quinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Yerkwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Oakahalla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Wyatt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Burnwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Reeds Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Sumiton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sumiton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
- Former names for Sumiton:
- Commercial
- Democrat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <1>
- Creel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Dora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Empire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Red Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
- Barney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barney is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Altamont Park, see our County-by-County Page for Altamont Park.
Cemeteries Near Altamont Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Altamont Park.
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 Altamont Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Altamont Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McElwain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Inglenook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cahaba Heights Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23140 <2>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Enon Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Knesses Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- The Elmwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elm Leaf Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22674 <2>
- Wise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Altamont Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Altamont Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Altamont Park, with the one closest to Altamont Park listed first.
- Avondale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Avondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- East Birmingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Birmingham
- Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Birmingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderbilt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderbilt is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderbilt
- Gate City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gate City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate City
- Bartonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bartonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
- Ruffner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ruffner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruffner
- East Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
- North Birmingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Birmingham
- Spaulding
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spaulding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Lewisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Irondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thomas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thomas is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Powderly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Powderly is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderly
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Altamont Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Altamont Park.
Newspapers Published in Altamont Park ...
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 192 newspapers that have been published in the area around Altamont Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Altamont Park, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Altamont Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Altamont Park:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Talladega County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Walker 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Altamont Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Altamont Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |