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 Billy Goat Hill (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 Billy Goat Hill. 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 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.
Billy Goat Hill 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 Billy Goat Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Billy Goat Hill:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Billy Goat Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Anderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Centre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Sand Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Cedar Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moshat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Howells Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Noah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Gaylesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Collins ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Colvins Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Piedmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Dailey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Merrellton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Nances Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Mack ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Angel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Borden Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Grantley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Oak Level
(26 miles [41.8 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 Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Lickskillet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Collinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Adamsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Cotnam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Douglas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Bootsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Hale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Ballplay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Banner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Coat's Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Anderson
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Edwardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- 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
- Jackson County
- Rock City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Peters ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Boaz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hustleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Albertville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Lyerly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Menlo
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Cloudland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville
(30 miles [48.3 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 Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Coosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring
(21 miles [33.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Berry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Glenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- 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
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Etna
(21 miles [33.8 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Billy Goat Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Billy Goat Hill.
Cemeteries Near Billy Goat Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Billy Goat Hill.
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 Billy Goat Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Billy Goat Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Tates Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles 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>
- Chesnut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sand Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pratt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Centre Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Cherokee Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Neal Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Neal Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Centre.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24852 <3>
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Billy Goat Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Billy Goat Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Billy Goat Hill, with the one closest to Billy Goat Hill listed first.
- Round Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Round Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Centre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mackey
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mackey is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Plano
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plano is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Sand Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Maple Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Moshat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Cedar Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hurley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hurley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Leonard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leonard is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Slackland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slackland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bomar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bomar is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomar
- Noah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Billy Goat Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Billy Goat Hill.
Newspapers Published in Billy Goat Hill ...
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 Billy Goat Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Billy Goat Hill, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Billy Goat Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Billy Goat Hill:
- 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 from Point A (ie- Billy Goat Hill) 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 Billy Goat Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |