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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 Clio (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 Clio. 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 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.

Clio is located in Barbour County.

To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barbour County: Bullock, Dale, Henry, Pike, Russell, Clay (GA), Quitman (GA) & Stewart (GA).

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

  • Barbour County     (The home county of Clio)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clio, with the one closest to Clio listed first.
    • Elamville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Louisville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
      • Louisville is located in Barbour County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
    • Blue Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clayton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bakerhill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Cotton Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cotton Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
      • Cotton Hill is located in Barbour County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cotton Hill
      • From Clio to Cotton Hill
    • Comer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Eufaula
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Spring Hill is located in Barbour County
  • Bullock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clio, with the one closest to Clio listed first.
    • Perote
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perote have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perote
      • Perote is located in Bullock County
    • Smuteye
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Inverness
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inverness. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
      • Inverness is located in Bullock County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Inverness
      • From Clio to Inverness
    • Pine Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pine Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Bullock County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pine Grove
      • From Clio to Pine Grove
    • Postoak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Three Notch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Notch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Notch
      • Three Notch is located in Bullock County
    • Union Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clio, with the one closest to Clio listed first.
    • Roeton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Frisco
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Java
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Java. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
      • Java is located in Coffee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Java
      • From Clio to Java
    • Mixson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilkinstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jack
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Clintonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Enterprise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Enterprise is located in Coffee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,997 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <2>
    • New Brockton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clio, with the one closest to Clio listed first.
    • Phillips Crossroads
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Arguta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ariton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Skipperville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skipperville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipperville
      • Skipperville is located in Dale County
    • Clopton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clopton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
      • Clopton is located in Dale County
    • Bertha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mabson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Ozark
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Ewell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ewell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
      • Ewell is located in Dale County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ewell
      • From Clio to Ewell
    • Newton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Newton is located in Dale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
    • Fort Rucker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Holiday Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
      • Holiday Village is located in Dale County
    • Pinckard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinckard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckard
      • Pinckard is located in Dale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinckard <2>
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clio, with the one closest to Clio listed first.
    • Graball
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Capps
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Abbeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Screamer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Newville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
      • Newville is located in Henry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
    • Oakey Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Headland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clio, with the one closest to Clio listed first.
    • Buckhorn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buckhorn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
      • Buckhorn is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Buckhorn
      • From Clio to Buckhorn
    • Tennille
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Brundidge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brundidge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brundidge
      • Brundidge is located in Pike County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brundidge <2>
    • Pronto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pronto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pronto
      • Pronto is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pronto
      • From Clio to Pronto
    • Banks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
      • Banks is located in Pike County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banks <2>
    • Tarentum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Mossy Grove Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mossy Grove Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Grove Village
      • Mossy Grove Village is located in Pike County
    • Linwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Linwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
      • Linwood is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Linwood
      • From Clio to Linwood
    • Saco
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
      • Saco is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saco
      • From Clio to Saco
    • Centre Ridge ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centre Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Ridge
      • Centre Ridge is located in Pike County
    • McClure Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McClure Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Town
      • McClure Town is located in Pike County
    • Troy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Needmore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Clio ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clio.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Clio had a population of 178 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Clio had a population of 1,268 people.

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

  • Elamville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Louisville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
    • Louisville is located in Barbour County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Arguta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Tennille
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Buckhorn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buckhorn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Buckhorn is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Buckhorn
    • From Clio to Buckhorn
  • Skipperville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skipperville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipperville
    • Skipperville is located in Dale County
  • Clopton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clopton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Clopton is located in Dale County
  • Josie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josie
    • Josie is located in Pike County
  • Pronto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pronto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pronto
    • Pronto is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Pronto
    • From Clio to Pronto
  • Brundidge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brundidge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brundidge
    • Brundidge is located in Pike County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brundidge <2>
  • Dillard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dillard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
    • Dillard is located in Dale County
  • Asbury
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
    • Asbury is located in Dale County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Oateston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oateston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oateston
      • Oateston is located in Barbour County
    • Star Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
      • Star Hill is located in Barbour County
    • Bertha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Clio ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clio.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Clio. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Clio and those printed in the larger area surrounding Clio.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<4> of Clio.

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 Clio:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clio. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clio) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7088, Longitude: -85.6105    
<5>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.
<6>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 Clio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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