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 Bay View Estates (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 Bay View Estates. 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 Bay View Estates ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Bayview Estates.
- A typical abbreviation for Bay View Estates: Bay Vw. Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bay View Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bay View Estates.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Bay View Estates is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Calhoun, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Chattooga (GA), Floyd (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Bay View Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bay View Estates:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Bay View Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Anderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centre
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Gaylesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Moshat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Howells Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Lawrence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Taft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Tucker Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Blanche
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Collins ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Colvins Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Piedmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Dailey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Merrellton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Nances Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Mack ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Angel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Oak Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Borden Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Grantley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Oak Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Lickskillet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Collinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Adamsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Douglas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dawson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Cotnam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Fort Payne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bootsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Hale ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Ballplay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Coat's Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Keener
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Banner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Yancy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Duck Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Edwardsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Hokes Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Rock City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Dutton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Section
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Central
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Langston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Boaz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peters ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Hustleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Albertville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Mid ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Whitesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <1>
- Berryton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Cloudland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Coosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oreburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Robealou Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Atlanta Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Mount Berry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Lindale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
- Rosemont Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Summerville Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Esom Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bay View Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Bay View Estates.
Cemeteries Near Bay View Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bay View Estates.
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 Bay View Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bay View Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Chesnut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Centre.
- The Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tates Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26599 <3>
- Starling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Daniels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coffey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckers Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (398 more) ...
- Pratt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Welcome Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Bay View Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bay View Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bay View Estates, with the one closest to Bay View Estates listed first.
- Round Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Round Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Sand Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centre
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hurley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hurley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Mackey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Cedar Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leonard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leonard is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Plano
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plano is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Loveless
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Loveless is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless
- Slackland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slackland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
- Maple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Moshat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Gaylesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lawrence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bay View Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bay View Estates.
Newspapers Published in Bay View Estates ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay View Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bay View Estates, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bay View Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Bay View Estates:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Chattooga County
- Floyd 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Bay View Estates) 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 Bay View Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |