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 Burns Crossroad (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 Burns Crossroad. 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 Burns Crossroad ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Burns Crossroad: Burns Xrd.
- While the name of this community is Burns Crossroad, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Burns Crossroad may originally have been Burn's Crossroad.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Burns Crossroad might be written as Burn Crossroad.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Burns Crossroad 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 Burns Crossroad. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burns Crossroad:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Burns Crossroad)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns Crossroad, with the one closest to Burns Crossroad listed first.
- Bynum
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Eulaton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Cobb Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Hobson City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Eastaboga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oxanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bera ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Anniston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blue Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Cherokee County
- Ball Flat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns Crossroad, with the one closest to Burns Crossroad listed first.
- Elder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Erin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Haynes Crossroad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Delta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Chambers Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Lineville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Millerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Cragford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns Crossroad, with the one closest to Burns Crossroad listed first.
- Abel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Heflin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Micaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Edwardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Grantley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Ai
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Fruithurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns Crossroad, with the one closest to Burns Crossroad listed first.
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Cobb City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Pilgrims Rest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Glencoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rainbow City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burns Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Hokes Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Attalla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gadsden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alabama City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns Crossroad, with the one closest to Burns Crossroad listed first.
- Christiana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Milner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Morrison Crossroad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Ofelia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns Crossroad, with the one closest to Burns Crossroad listed first.
- Ragland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Seddon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Coal City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Avondale Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Cropwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glen City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wattsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Ashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns Crossroad, with the one closest to Burns Crossroad listed first.
- Coldwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kentuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- McElderry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ironaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Talladega
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Windsong Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Waldo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burns Crossroad, see our County-by-County Page for Burns Crossroad.
Cemeteries Near Burns Crossroad ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burns Crossroad.
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 Burns Crossroad - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burns Crossroad covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burns Crossroad, with the one closest to Burns Crossroad listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater Cemetery
- The Coldwater Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coldwater Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #262899 <3>
- Groce - Montgomery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cunningham - Pyles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oxford Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Westview Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyds Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Creswell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the south of Oxford.
- The Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Antioch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1786988 <3>
- Highland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<5>
While we didn't find Burns Crossroad in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burns Crossroad.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burns Crossroad, with the one closest to Burns Crossroad listed first.
- Bynum
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Coldwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Eulaton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Eastaboga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jenifer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jenifer is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenifer
- Silver Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Munford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oxanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Bera ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Anniston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Blue Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Leatherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burns Crossroad. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burns Crossroad.
Newspapers Published in Burns Crossroad ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burns Crossroad.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burns Crossroad, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burns Crossroad.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Burns Crossroad:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Etowah County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burns Crossroad) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Burns Crossroad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |