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 Bemiston (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 Bemiston. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Bemiston is located in Talladega 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 Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Bemiston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bemiston:
- Talladega County (The home county of Bemiston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Talladega
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Rendalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winterboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Ironaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Windsong Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Chandler Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- McElderry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Colony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Sycamore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Eastaboga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bynum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Cobb Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Eulaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Hobson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Oxford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Macon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Friendship
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Erin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Ashland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Millerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Harkins Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Elder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Hollins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Haynes Crossroad
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Lineville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Barfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Delta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mellow Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Cragford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Abel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Mount Olive
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Stewartville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Goodwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Weogufka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Kellyton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Leeds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Scott City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Roper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Lola City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Breakstone Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- McCombs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Christiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Ofelia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Cropwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glen City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Seddon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Riverside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coal City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Cook's Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Wattsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Brompton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Calcis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Harpersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sterrett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Vandiver
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westover
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Wilsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Shoal Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Chelsea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Hackneyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Goldville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bemiston, see our County-by-County Page for Bemiston.
Cemeteries Near Bemiston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bemiston.
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 Bemiston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bemiston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Thornhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Midway Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mardisville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moberley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Armbrester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allen - Sims Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stockdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Germany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany Cemetery
- The Germany Cemetery has also been known as:
- Germany Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22989 <2>
- Freeze Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Kingston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winterboro Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Bemiston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bemiston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bemiston, with the one closest to Bemiston listed first.
- Talladega
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berney's
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Berney's is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berney's
- Renfroe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Renfroe is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Smelley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smelley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelley
- Waldo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Rendalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ironaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Chandler Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Turner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Stemley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stemley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Eureka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- McElderry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Sycamore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bemiston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bemiston.
Newspapers Published in Bemiston ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bemiston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bemiston, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bemiston.
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 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 Bemiston:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Coosa County
- Jefferson County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Tallapoosa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bemiston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bemiston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |