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 Center Community (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 Center Community. 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 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.
Center Community is located in Cullman 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 Cullman County: Blount, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Center Community. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Center Community:
- Cullman County (The home county of Center Community)
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Hanceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- White City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Dodge City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dodge City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Good Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
- Damascus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Black Bottom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Trimble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Colony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- The Colony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Cullman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Bangor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bangor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Blount Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- Gum Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Hayden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Reid's
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Smoke Rise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Mountain Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain Grove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Nectar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nectar is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Blountsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cleveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Adville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Locust Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- County Line
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Altoona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Walnut Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Trafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kimberly
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Masseyline
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Bradford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Majestic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Morris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Crosston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Crosston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosston
- Village Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
- Palmerdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerdale
- Robbins Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Sayre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sayre is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Ayres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Hog Jaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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 northeast)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Arab
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Askea Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Ruth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Douglas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Friendship
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Grassy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Hyatt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Eva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lacon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
- Hulaco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Falkville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leesdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Ryan Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Cedar Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Plains is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Plains
- Florette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Apple Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Hartselle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Springville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Argo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Saint Clair Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Creel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Powellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Powellville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Empire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
- Burrows Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows Crossroads is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows Crossroads
- Sipsey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sipsey is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Marylee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marylee is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marylee
- Red Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Red Rock is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Sumiton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sumiton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
- Former names for Sumiton:
- Commercial
- Democrat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <1>
- Dora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakahalla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Burnwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- South Lowell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Lowell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lowell
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Arley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Addison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Upshaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
- Houston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Slick Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Slick Ford is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Ford
- Falls City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Falls City is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Center Community, see our County-by-County Page for Center Community.
Cemeteries Near Center Community ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Center Community.
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 Center Community - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Center Community covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Fairview West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Laodicea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tedder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garden City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem East Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shelton Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (453 more) ...
- Damascus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Good Hope 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.<2>
While we didn't find Center Community in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Center Community.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Center Community, with the one closest to Center Community listed first.
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Bangor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bangor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Phelan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Phelan is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
- Blount Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- Gum Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Trimble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cullman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walter is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter
- Reid's
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Joy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Joy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Arkadelphia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Baldwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Blountsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Simcoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Center Community. See our List of 1890's Communities around Center Community.
Newspapers Published in Center Community ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Center Community.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Center Community, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Center Community.
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 Center Community:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cullman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Saint Clair County
- Walker 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 Center Community, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Center Community) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |