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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 Ansley (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 Ansley. 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 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.

Ansley is located in Pike County.

To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pike County: Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Crenshaw, Dale & Montgomery.

Below are the counties that are near Ansley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ansley:

  • Pike County     (The home county of Ansley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ansley, with the one closest to Ansley listed first.
    • Youngblood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wingard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wingard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingard
      • Wingard is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wingard
      • From Ansley to Wingard
    • Kent
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Kent is located in Pike County
    • Meeksville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Orion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
      • Orion is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Orion
      • From Ansley to Orion
    • McClure Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McClure Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Town
      • McClure Town is located in Pike County
    • Hallsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hallsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
      • Hallsville is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hallsville
      • From Ansley to Hallsville
    • Needmore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Troy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Goshen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Linwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Linwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
      • Linwood is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Linwood
      • From Ansley to Linwood
    • Mossy Grove Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mossy Grove Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Grove Village
      • Mossy Grove Village is located in Pike County
    • Henderson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Henderson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
      • Henderson is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Henderson
      • From Ansley to Henderson
  • Barbour County
  • Bullock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ansley, with the one closest to Ansley listed first.
    • Postoak
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Inverness
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inverness. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
      • Inverness is located in Bullock County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Inverness
      • From Ansley to Inverness
    • Perote
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perote have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perote
      • Perote is located in Bullock County
    • Mitchell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Fitzpatrick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Smuteye
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Union Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Butler County
  • Coffee County
  • Crenshaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ansley, with the one closest to Ansley listed first.
    • Petrey
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petrey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
      • Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Vidette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vidette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
      • Vidette is located in Crenshaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vidette
      • From Ansley to Vidette
    • Social Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Social Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Town
      • Social Town is located in Crenshaw County
    • Highland Home
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Luverne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Glenwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Rutledge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rutledge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rutledge
      • From Ansley to Rutledge
    • Cherokee Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
      • Cherokee Village is located in Crenshaw County
    • Honoraville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Peacock ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peacock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
      • Peacock is located in Crenshaw County
    • Brantley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brantley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantley
      • Brantley is located in Crenshaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brantley <3>
    • Bullock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
      • Bullock is located in Crenshaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bullock
      • From Ansley to Bullock
    • Merrill Mill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dale County
    • Ariton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ansley, with the one closest to Ansley listed first.
    • Davenport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
      • Davenport is located in Lowndes County
    • Sandy Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Letohatchee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Deposit
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ansley, see our County-by-County Page for Ansley.

Cemeteries Near Ansley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ansley.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ansley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ansley, with the one closest to Ansley listed first.

  • Springfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Head Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Head Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Head Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sims Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sims Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sanders Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanders Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanders Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Israel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Israel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Belsor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belsor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belsor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Petrey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Petrey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Petrey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stephens Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stephens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stephens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (306 more) ...
    • Wingard Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wingard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wingard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Carter Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Good Hope Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 in 1895, Ansley had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ansley, with the one closest to Ansley listed first.

  • Shady Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Grove is located in Pike County
  • Wingard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wingard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingard
    • Wingard is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Wingard
    • From Ansley to Wingard
  • Petrey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petrey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
    • Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Curry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Curry is located in Pike County
  • Center Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bradleyton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradleyton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyton
    • Bradleyton is located in Crenshaw County
  • Orion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
    • Orion is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Orion
    • From Ansley to Orion
  • Grady
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grady have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Grady is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grady <3>
  • Live Oak
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Live Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
    • Live Oak is located in Crenshaw County
  • Patsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patsburg
    • Patsburg is located in Crenshaw County
  • Hallsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hallsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
    • Hallsville is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hallsville
    • From Ansley to Hallsville
  • Troy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Vidette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vidette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
      • Vidette is located in Crenshaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vidette
      • From Ansley to Vidette
    • Little Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oak
      • Little Oak is located in Pike County
    • Lapine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lapine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
      • Lapine is located in Montgomery County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ansley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ansley.

Newspapers Published in Ansley ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ansley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ansley, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ansley.

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 Ansley:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ansley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Ansley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Ansley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ansley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8865, Longitude: -86.1160    









 

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