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 Beloit (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 Beloit. 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 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 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.
Beloit is located in Dallas 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 Dallas County: Autauga, Chilton, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry & Wilcox.
Below are the counties that are near Beloit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beloit:
- Dallas County (The home county of Beloit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beloit, with the one closest to Beloit listed first.
- Cahawba ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahawba
- Cahawba is located in Dallas County
- Sunset Mill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Mill Village
- Sunset Mill Village is located in Dallas County
- Orrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Orrville is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orrville <2>
- Selma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Selma is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,671 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <2>
- Harrell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Marion Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Junction
- Marion Junction is located in Dallas County
- Massillon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Sardis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Sardis is located in Dallas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sardis <2>
- Casey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Valley Grande
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Grande have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grande
- Valley Grande is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,468 people
- Belknap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Crumptonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crumptonia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumptonia
- Crumptonia is located in Dallas County
- Browns
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Autauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beloit, with the one closest to Beloit listed first.
- Fremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Fremont is located in Autauga County
- Statesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Statesville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Statesville is located in Autauga County
- Jones Bluff Dam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jones Bluff Dam. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bluff Dam
- Jones Bluff Dam is located in Autauga County
- Jones
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Jones is located in Autauga County
- Vine Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Independence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Independence. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Autauga County
- Autaugaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Autaugaville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Chilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beloit, with the one closest to Beloit listed first.
- Riderville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riderville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderville
- Riderville is located in Chilton County
- Stanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Stanton is located in Chilton County
- Hale County
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beloit, with the one closest to Beloit listed first.
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Petronia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Collirene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - White Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- White Hall is located in Lowndes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
- Gordonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Bragg's
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Mosses
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
- Mosses is located in Lowndes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beloit, with the one closest to Beloit listed first.
- Consul
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Flatwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Faunsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faunsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faunsdale
- Faunsdale is located in Marengo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faunsdale <2>
- Crenshaw ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Siddonsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Siddonsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsville
- Siddonsville is located in Marengo County
- Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Thomaston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Tombigbee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beloit, with the one closest to Beloit listed first.
- Augustin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Suttle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttle
- Suttle is located in Perry County
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Perry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Ellawhite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Freetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Freetown is located in Perry County
- The Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- The Village is located in Perry County
- Sprott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprott
- Sprott is located in Perry County
- Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Uniontown <2>
- Jericho
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wilcox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beloit, with the one closest to Beloit listed first.
- Alberta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Rehoboth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Gastonburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonburg
- Gastonburg is located in Wilcox County
- Boykin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
- Boykin is located in Wilcox County
- Millers Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
- Millers Ferry is located in Wilcox County
- Prairie Bluff ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Prairie Bluff. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Bluff
- Prairie Bluff is located in Wilcox County
- Prairie Bluff has also been known as:
- Dale
- Daletown
- Ackerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackerville
- Ackerville is located in Wilcox County
- Catherine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
- Catherine is located in Wilcox County
- Bethel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Snow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Camden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Camden is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <2>
- Estelle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Furman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furman
- Furman is located in Wilcox County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beloit, see our County-by-County Page for Beloit.
Cemeteries Near Beloit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beloit.
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 Beloit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beloit, with the one closest to Beloit listed first.
- Sugar Bottom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sugar Bottom Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sugar Bottom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Parnell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parnell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parnell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rosehill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosehill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosehill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cahaba Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cahaba Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cahaba Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Henry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Watts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watts Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- New Cahaba Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Cahaba Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Cahaba Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fulton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fulton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fulton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Matthew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Matthew Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Matthew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kings Bend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kings Bend Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kings Bend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Prosperity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prosperity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prosperity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethel Cemetery
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 Beloit in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beloit.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beloit, with the one closest to Beloit listed first.
- Hazen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Cahawba ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahawba
- Cahawba is located in Dallas County
- Orrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Orrville is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orrville <2>
- King's Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King's Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Landing
- King's Landing is located in Dallas County
- Selma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Selma is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,671 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <2>
- Harrell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Marion Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Junction
- Marion Junction is located in Dallas County
- Tasso
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Bogue Chitto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogue Chitto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Bogue Chitto is located in Dallas County
- Eleanor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Berlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Augustin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Massillon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Crumptonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crumptonia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumptonia
- Crumptonia is located in Dallas County
- Belknap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Massillon ‑ Historic
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beloit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beloit.
Newspapers Published in Beloit ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beloit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beloit, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beloit.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Beloit:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Dallas County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Autauga County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chilton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Hale County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lowndes County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marengo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Perry County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wilcox County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Autauga County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Dallas County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Dallas County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beloit. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Beloit, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beloit) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beloit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3543, Longitude: -87.1486 In this case, the coordinates for Beloit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |