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 Buck Ford (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 Buck Ford. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Buck Ford is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Buck Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buck Ford:
- Marshall County (The home county of Buck Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Columbus City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Columbus City Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- North ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Mid ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Union Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guntersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <1>
- Warrenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Mill Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Rayburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Friendship
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- McLarty
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Bright Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Brooksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Highmound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Snead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Birdie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Craig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Clarence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Susan Moore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Wynnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Joppa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baileyton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Holly Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Simcoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Grove Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Rogers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Chigger Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Hix ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hix is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Gibson Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gibson Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Crossroads
- Geraldine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Rains ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Luttrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Luttrell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Floy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Fyffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Crossville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Sardis City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Greer ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Mountainboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Whitesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Carlisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Aspel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Langston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lim Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Trenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Larkinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Pleasant Groves
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Section
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Scottsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hollytree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Swancott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- New Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Gurley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Big Cove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Whitesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- English Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Brownsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwycke Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Maysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Chelsea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Ryland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Country Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Country Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Morgan City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Briscoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Lacey's Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Hulaco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Valhermoso Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Florette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Winton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Somerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Eva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buck Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Buck Ford.
Cemeteries Near Buck Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buck Ford.
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 Buck Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buck Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Click Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cochrane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Humpton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whittaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- The Walker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebron Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26911 <2>
- Panquin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ashburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hines Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Honeycomb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Manning Cemetery
- The Manning Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning Cemetery
- The Manning Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roden Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2507544 <2>
- Continue List (766 more) ...
- Willis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Troup Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart 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.<3>
While we didn't find Buck Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buck Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buck Ford, with the one closest to Buck Ford listed first.
- Bucksnort
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bucksnort is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
- Keel ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Keel is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keel
- Nebo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Nebo is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Cottonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cottonville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lowe ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lowe is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Manchester is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Henryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henryville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- North ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Swearengin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Swearengin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swearengin
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buck Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buck Ford.
Newspapers Published in Buck Ford ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buck Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buck Ford, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buck Ford.
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 Buck Ford:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Morgan 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 Buck Ford, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buck Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |