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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Chigger Ridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chigger Ridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chigger Ridge, please Contact Us.
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 Chigger Ridge (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 Chigger Ridge. 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 Chigger Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Chigger Ridge: Chigger Rdg. (or less commonly used: Chigger Rdge. or Chigger Ridg.)
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Chigger Ridge is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Chigger Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chigger Ridge:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Chigger Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Grayton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Clark ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Alexandria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Morrisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Peaceburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
- Wellington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Ohatchee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cochran Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Bera ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Appalachian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Straight Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Taits Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Highland Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Bird ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Hoods Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Ball Flat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Spring Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Leesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Centre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Exie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Moshat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Elder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Haynes Crossroad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Delta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Abel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Grantley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Heflin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Hollis Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Oak Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Borden Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Fruithurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Ai
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Micaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Cobb City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Pilgrims Rest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Glencoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rainbow City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- East Gadsden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Hokes Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gadsden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Attalla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alabama City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Ragland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Steele
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coal City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Seddon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Wattsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Whitney Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Avondale Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Glen City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cropwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Coldwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- McElderry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Colony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Windsong Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Ironaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Talladega
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waldo
(27 miles [43.5 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 Chigger Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Chigger Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Chigger Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chigger Ridge.
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 Chigger Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chigger Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Crooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Middleton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gladden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Mt. Sellers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ohatchee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alexandria Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ragan Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Anniston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Crystal Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ten Island Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Chigger Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chigger Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chigger Ridge, with the one closest to Chigger Ridge listed first.
- Grayton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Morrisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Peaceburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
- Alexandria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Peek's Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peek's Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek's Hill
- Ohatchee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Francis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Francis is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Bera ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Duke
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Duke is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Ottery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ottery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Leatherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Sulphur Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Macon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chigger Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chigger Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Chigger Ridge ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chigger Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chigger Ridge, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chigger Ridge.
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 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 Chigger Ridge:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Chigger Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 'straight-line' (or 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- Chigger Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |