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 Burningtree Mountain (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 Burningtree Mountain. 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.
Name Variations for Burningtree Mountain ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Burningtree Mountain: Burningtree Mtn. (or less commonly used: Burningtree Mntn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Burningtree Mountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burningtree Mountain:
- Morgan County (The home county of Burningtree Mountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- Priceville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flint City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Russell Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Hartselle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Austinville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Decatur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Moulton Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Somerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Leesdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Winton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- South Vinemont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Vinemont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Central
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Central is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Jones' Chapel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jones' Chapel is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones' Chapel
- Simcoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Cullman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Baileyton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chances Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chances Crossroad is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chances Crossroad
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- Dells Vista Shores
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Confluence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Rogersville
(29 miles [46.7 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>
- Estep ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- Oakville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Hillsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Mountain Home
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Moulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Courtland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Courtland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Muck City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Hatton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Town Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- Mooresville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Belle Mina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Swancott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Harris Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Tanner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Country Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Capshaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Ripley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- Triana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Madison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- English Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Chelsea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Monrovia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Rideout Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Huntsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwycke Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Jeff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Lincoln
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- Ruth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Hog Jaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Arab
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Union Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grassy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Scant City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Askea Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- Upshaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
- Addison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grayson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grayson is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Ellaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellaville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellaville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burningtree Mountain, see our County-by-County Page for Burningtree Mountain.
Cemeteries Near Burningtree Mountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burningtree Mountain.
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 Burningtree Mountain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burningtree Mountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- Bishop Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Burning Tree Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rountree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Minor Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ratliff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Slayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (890 more) ...
- Collier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wise Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakview Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Burningtree Mountain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burningtree Mountain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burningtree Mountain, with the one closest to Burningtree Mountain listed first.
- Priceville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hartselle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Decatur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Somerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Mooresville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Neel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Neel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Leesdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Decatur Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Decatur Junction is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Junction
- Swancott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Harris Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Falkville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stringer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stringer is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
- Massey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Massey is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cedar Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Plains is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Plains
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burningtree Mountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burningtree Mountain.
Newspapers Published in Burningtree Mountain ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burningtree Mountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burningtree Mountain, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burningtree Mountain.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Burningtree Mountain:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Winston 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> | 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 Burningtree Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Burningtree Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |