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 Cedar Cove Estates (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 Cedar Cove Estates. 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 Cedar Cove Estates ...
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 Cedar Cove Estates: Cedar Cv. Ests.
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 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.
Cedar Cove Estates is located in Talladega 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 Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Cove Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Cove Estates:
- Talladega County (The home county of Cedar Cove Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- Logan Martin Dam
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- East Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Windsong Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Colony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Winterboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Childersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Talladega
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bon Air
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Rendalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Lincoln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Straight Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Remlap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- Eastaboga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Bynum
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Macon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Eulaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Bera ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Cobb Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Hobson City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Morrisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Erin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Hollins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Millerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- Stewartville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Mount Olive
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Weogufka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Goodwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- Leeds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Scott City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Breakstone Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- Lola City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- McCombs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Roper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Alton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Trussville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cahaba Landing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Landing
- Rock Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Vincent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cropwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glen City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Avondale Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Seddon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Cook's Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brompton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Moody
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Woodland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- Calcis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Harpersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sterrett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vandiver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Westover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Dunavant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Wilsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Bridgeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Chelsea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lake Purdy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Meadowbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Cove Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Cove Estates.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Cove Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Cove Estates.
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 Cedar Cove Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Cove Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- Hubbard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeze Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hepzibah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Macedonia North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Florence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vincent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allen - Sims Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coosa Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Raley Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Williamson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Cedar Cove Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Cove Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Cove Estates, with the one closest to Cedar Cove Estates listed first.
- East Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Vincent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Renfroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Renfroe is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Stemley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stemley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemley
- Wolf Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Lowery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lowery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowery
- Cropwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harpersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sterrett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Pell City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Childersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Cove Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Cove Estates.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Cove Estates ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Cove Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Cove Estates, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Cove Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Cedar Cove Estates:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Coosa County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedar Cove Estates) 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 Cedar Cove Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |