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 Bachelors Chapel (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 Bachelors Chapel. 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.
Name Variations for Bachelors Chapel ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Bachelors Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bachelors Chapel may originally have been Bachelor's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bachelors Chapel might be written as Bachelor Chapel.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Bachelors Chapel is located in Etowah 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 Etowah County: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall & Saint Clair.
Below are the counties that are near Bachelors Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bachelors Chapel:
- Etowah County (The home county of Bachelors Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Hokes Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edwardsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Coat's Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Ballplay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Banner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Turkeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Hale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Burns Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- East Gadsden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Bird ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Highmound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Snead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Taits Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Wynnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Colvins Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Mack ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Collins ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Oak Level
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Angel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Southside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Wellington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Merrellton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Ball Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Leesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Sand Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Exie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Spring Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Tucker Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Grantley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Borden Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Oak Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Heflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Collinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cotnam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Rodentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Crossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Mount Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Rains ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dog Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Geraldine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Boaz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Albertville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Hustleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Horton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Peters ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Douglas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Rabbit Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Gregory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Steele
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ragland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Talladega County
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Esom Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bachelors Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Bachelors Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Bachelors Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bachelors Chapel.
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 Bachelors Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bachelors Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- New Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Hill UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tillison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Reid Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Memorial Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery
- Trinity Christian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172971 <3>
- Youngs Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crestwood Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Landers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Croft Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Bachelors Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bachelors Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bachelors Chapel, with the one closest to Bachelors Chapel listed first.
- Hokes Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coat's Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- East Gadsden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Turkeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Reaves
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reaves is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reaves
- Upton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Upton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Colvins Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Oak Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Brice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brice is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Gadsden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Laney is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Tabor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tabor is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Maple Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Slackland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Slackland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bachelors Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bachelors Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Bachelors Chapel ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bachelors Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bachelors Chapel, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bachelors Chapel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Bachelors Chapel:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Etowah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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- Bachelors Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Bachelors Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |