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 Beulah Land (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 Beulah Land. 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 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.
Beulah Land is located in Limestone 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 Limestone County: Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Morgan, Giles (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Beulah Land. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beulah Land:
- Limestone County (The home county of Beulah Land)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Land, with the one closest to Beulah Land listed first.
- Harris Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Tanner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Mina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Country Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Athens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ripley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Mooresville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Poplar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Westlake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Hay's Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Capshaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Land, with the one closest to Beulah Land listed first.
- Garner ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Leighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ford City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Land, with the one closest to Beulah Land listed first.
- Dells Vista Shores
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Confluence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Estep ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Rogersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Cedar Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Anderson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Corum ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Comer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Land, with the one closest to Beulah Land listed first.
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Mountain Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Courtland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Courtland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Oakville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Moulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Town Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wheeler Dam Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Muck City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Wren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Hatton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Land, with the one closest to Beulah Land listed first.
- Madison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Triana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Monrovia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Harvest
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Rideout Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Toney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Madison Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Huntsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lincoln
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- English Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Land, with the one closest to Beulah Land listed first.
- Decatur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Moulton Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Austinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Simpson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Trinity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Flint City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Burningtree Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Priceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Hartselle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Somerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Winton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Winston County
- Upshaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah Land, with the one closest to Beulah Land listed first.
- Ardmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Prospect
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Dickson Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Minor Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Wheelerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Lawrence County (TN)
- Appleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Lincoln County (TN)
- Cash Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beulah Land, see our County-by-County Page for Beulah Land.
Cemeteries Near Beulah Land ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beulah Land.
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 Beulah Land - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beulah Land covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beulah Land, with the one closest to Beulah Land listed first.
- Bridgeforth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lucas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Macklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Temple Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Temple Cemetery
- The Davis Temple Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jacob's Well Missioanry Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2647546 <2>
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Malone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nebo Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hatchett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pryor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tanner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (987 more) ...
- Bell - Nebo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mosley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Beulah Land in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beulah Land.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beulah Land, with the one closest to Beulah Land listed first.
- Harris Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Decatur Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur Junction is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Junction
- Decatur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Simpson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Blackburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blackburn is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Mooresville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ripley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Greenbrier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greenbrier is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Poplar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- O'Neal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- O'Neal is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cartwright
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cartwright is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Priceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Swancott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beulah Land. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beulah Land.
Newspapers Published in Beulah Land ...
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 Beulah Land.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beulah Land, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beulah Land.
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 Beulah Land:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Limestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Winston County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln 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 Beulah Land, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beulah Land) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |