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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 Point (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 Point. 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 Center Point ...

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.

Another variation: Centerpoint.

  • A typical abbreviation for Center Point: Center Pt.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Center Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Center Point.

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.

Center Point is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Autauga, Bullock, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon & Pike.

Below are the counties that are near Center Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Center Point:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Center Point, see our County-by-County Page for Center Point.

Cemeteries Near Center Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Center Point.

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 Point - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Center Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.

  • Belsor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hills Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sanders Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Orion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Fannin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Garner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • McNeil - Townsend Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Frazer - McLeod Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Urquhart Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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    • Antioch Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mt. Gilead Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sentell Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Center Point had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.

  • Curry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Curry is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
  • Orion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pine Level
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Meadville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
  • Grady
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Shady Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Ansley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • China Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • China Grove is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
  • Ramer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bradleyton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bradleyton is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyton
  • Petrey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Wingard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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    • Naftel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Naftel is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naftel
    • Lapine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Lapine is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
    • Shopton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Shopton is located in Bullock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopton

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Center Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Center Point.

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 either 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 Point:

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 Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.