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 Brutonville (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 Brutonville. 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 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.
Brutonville is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Saint Clair & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Brutonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brutonville:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Brutonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Blue Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blue Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Alexandria
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wellington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Angel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Weaver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people
- Clark ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clark is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Booker T City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Booker T City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T City
- Peaceburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Leatherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Grayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Blount County
- Straight Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Ball Flat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Spring Garden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Exie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Moshat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Rock Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Centre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Noah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Elder
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Haynes Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Delta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Erin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Barfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Grantley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Abel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Heflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Oak Level
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Hollis Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Borden Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Ai
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Fruithurst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Palestine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Muscadine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Micaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- DeKalb County
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Cobb City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Glencoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Hokes Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Burns Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Banner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- East Gadsden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Rainbow City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Gadsden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Ragland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Steele
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Seddon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Coal City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Wattsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Whitney Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Avondale Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cropwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Coldwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Kentuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Munford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McElderry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Colony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Ironaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Windsong Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Talladega
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Esom Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Etna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brutonville, see our County-by-County Page for Brutonville.
Cemeteries Near Brutonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brutonville.
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 Brutonville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brutonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Alexandria Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gladden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hampton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Mt. Sellers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anniston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tredagar - Boozer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (293 more) ...
- Prisoner of War Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fourmile Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crystal Springs 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.<3>
While we didn't find Brutonville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brutonville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brutonville, with the one closest to Brutonville listed first.
- Alexandria
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Peaceburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
- Duke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duke is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Leatherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Mack ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Grayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Morrisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Bera ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Jacksonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peek's Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peek's Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek's Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Laney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Laney is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Blue Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Merrellton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brutonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brutonville.
Newspapers Published in Brutonville ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brutonville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brutonville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brutonville.
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 helpful 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 Brutonville:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega 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> | 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 Brutonville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brutonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |