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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 Bertha (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 Bertha. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Bertha is located in Dale 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 Dale County: Barbour, Coffee, Geneva, Henry, Houston & Pike.

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

  • Dale County     (The home county of Bertha)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.
    • Clopton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Clopton is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Skipperville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Skipperville is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipperville
    • Mabson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Arguta
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Phillips Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ewell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ozark
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Napier Field
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Napier Field is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier Field
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
    • Grimes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Midland City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Newton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Newton is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
    • Pinckard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Barbour County
  • Coffee County
  • Geneva County
    • Malvern
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Henry County
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.
    • Kinsey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Kinsey is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
    • Tidwell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Tidwell is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
    • Webb
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Webb is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,479 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webb <1>
    • Dothan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Williams
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Williams is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
    • Parish
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Cowarts
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Barber
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Parker Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Parker Village is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Village
    • Columbia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Avon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Avon is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
    • Taylor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Taylor is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,440 people
  • Pike County
  • Clay County (GA)
  • Early County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.
    • Rock Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rock Hill is located in Early County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 248 people
    • Sawhatchee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Quitman County (GA)

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

Cemeteries Near Bertha ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bertha.

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 Bertha - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Salem Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Dykes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Clopton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Omega Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Old Wiggins Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Abbeville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Beersheba Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Echo Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (272 more) ...
    • Roeville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Magnolia Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bertha had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Clopton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Clopton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
  • Echo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Echo is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Skipperville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Skipperville is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipperville
  • Asbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Asbury is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
  • Abbeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Arguta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Ewell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lawrenceville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawrenceville is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
  • Ozark
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Headland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Balkum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Balkum is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balkum
  • Oateston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Oateston is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oateston
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Clio
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dillard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Dillard is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
    • Newton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Newton is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people

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

Newspapers Published in Bertha ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bertha.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bertha, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bertha.

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 Bertha:

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>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 Bertha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Bertha) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.