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 Claysville (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 Claysville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Claysville is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Claysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Claysville:
- Marshall County (The home county of Claysville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- North ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Columbus City Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- Columbus City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Guntersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <1>
- Rayburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Wyeth City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wyeth City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth City
- Mill Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Warrenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Mid ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Gregory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- McLarty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Highmound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Bright Star
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Brooksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Snead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Craig
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Birdie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Wynnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Clarence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Cherokee County
- Sand Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- Joppa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baileyton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Holly Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Simcoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- Whiton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Rogers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Grove Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Chigger Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Rains ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Geraldine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lakeview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Hix ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hix is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Crossville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Gibson Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gibson Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Crossroads
- Rodentown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- Sardis City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Greer ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Mountainboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Whitesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Carlisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Egypt
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Walnut Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Duck Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Yancy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Howelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- Langston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Aspel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Woodville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Paint Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Lim Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Rock City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Section
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Larkinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Pleasant Groves
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- New Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Whitesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Gurley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Big Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- English Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Brownsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwycke Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Maysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Chelsea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Ryland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- Morgan City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Briscoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Apple Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Hulaco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Lacey's Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Florette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Valhermoso Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Winton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Claysville, see our County-by-County Page for Claysville.
Cemeteries Near Claysville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Claysville.
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 Claysville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Claysville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Henryville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Henry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kennamer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- King Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Troup Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Troup Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (637 more) ...
- Guntersville City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Manning Cemetery
- The Manning Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning Cemetery
- The Manning Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roden Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2507544 <2>
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.<3>
While we didn't find Claysville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Claysville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Claysville, with the one closest to Claysville listed first.
- North ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Henryville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Henryville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Guntersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <1>
- Cottonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Manchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Manchester is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Meltonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meltonsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltonsville
- Warrenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Bucksnort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bucksnort is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
- Martling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martling is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martling
- Keel ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Keel is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keel
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Mid ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Street ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Peters ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Claysville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Claysville.
Newspapers Published in Claysville ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Claysville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Claysville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Claysville.
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 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 Claysville:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cherokee County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Claysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Claysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |