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 Cleburne (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 Cleburne. 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.
Cleburne is located in Cleburne 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 Cleburne County: Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Randolph, Talladega, Carroll (GA), Haralson (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Cleburne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cleburne:
- Cleburne County (The home county of Cleburne)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Heflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Hollis Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Abel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Ai
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Micaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Fruithurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Hopewell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Grantley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Muscadine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Hightower
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Oak Level
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Iron City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Choccolocco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- De Armanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- White Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Anniston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Oxanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Oxford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Spring Garden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Ball Flat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Tecumseh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Rock Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Exie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Delta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Elder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Barfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Lineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Erin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Cragford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Cobb City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Banner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Glencoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Hokes Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Markton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Pilgrims Rest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Burns Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Ballplay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Milner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Morrison Crossroad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Christiana
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Newell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Rockdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Ofelia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Woodland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wedowee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Corbin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Saint Clair County
- Ragland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Kentuck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Silver Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Coldwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Grant Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McElderry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Ironaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Waldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Lincoln
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chandler Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Talladega
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Bowdon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Jonesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Mount Zion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bowdon Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tyus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Fairlawn Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Budapest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tabernacle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Waco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
- Buchanan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bremen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Felton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Ephesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Yates Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Roosterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Esom Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cleburne, see our County-by-County Page for Cleburne.
Cemeteries Near Cleburne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cleburne.
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 Cleburne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cleburne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Black Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Davistown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heflin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Iron City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hanna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Prospect Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Choccolocco
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hudson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Evans Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cole Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Happy Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greens Chapel Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Cleburne in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cleburne.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cleburne, with the one closest to Cleburne listed first.
- Heflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Belltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belltown is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Choccolocco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- De Armanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Chulafinnee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chulafinnee is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulafinnee
- Edwardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Abel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- White Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Jenkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jenkins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Oxford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Micaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Anniston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oxanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Abernathy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Abernathy is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cleburne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cleburne.
Newspapers Published in Cleburne ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cleburne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cleburne, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cleburne.
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 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 Cleburne:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Etowah County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Carroll County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Polk 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 Cleburne, 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' (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- Cleburne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |