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 Brooklyn (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 Brooklyn. 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.
Brooklyn is located in Cullman 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 Cullman County: Blount, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Brooklyn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brooklyn:
- Cullman County (The home county of Brooklyn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Baileyton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holly Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baileytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Joppa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Simcoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- East Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- White City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Cullman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hanceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Vinemont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Vinemont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Birdie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Mountain Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mountain Grove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Brooksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Blountsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bright Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- McLarty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Gum Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Craig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Royal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rains ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Rogers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Walnut Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Altoona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Aurora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Greer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Gallant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Howelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Egypt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Mountainboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Sardis City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Benson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Carlisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Trafford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Masseyline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Swancott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Whitesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Triana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- English Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Owens' Cross Roads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Berkley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Hog Jaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Arab
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Askea Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Ruth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Friendship
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Grassy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Scant City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Hyatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Union Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Street ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Hulaco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Eva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Florette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Briscoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Morgan City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Lacon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
- Valhermoso Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Falkville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leesdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Somerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Lacey's Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Steele
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brooklyn, see our County-by-County Page for Brooklyn.
Cemeteries Near Brooklyn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brooklyn.
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 Brooklyn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brooklyn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Hope #2 Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eidson Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baileyton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lystra Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holly Pond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Duck Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (579 more) ...
- Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Holly Pond.
- The Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Center Point Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146462 <3>
- Roswell Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Brooklyn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brooklyn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Baileyton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holly Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Joppa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hulaco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Simcoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Strawberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Strawberry is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Walter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walter is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Brooksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Arab
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blountsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Tappan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Eva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bright Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brooklyn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brooklyn.
Newspapers Published in Brooklyn ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooklyn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brooklyn, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brooklyn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Brooklyn:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cullman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Saint Clair 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brooklyn) 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 Brooklyn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |