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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Coato Bend. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Coato Bend to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Coato Bend, 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 Coato Bend (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 Coato Bend. 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 Coato Bend ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Coato Bend: Costo Bnd.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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 Coato Bend is historic, it would have been located within present day Etowah 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 Etowah County: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall & Saint Clair.
Below are the counties that are near Coato Bend. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coato Bend:
- Etowah County (The home county of Coato Bend)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Ballplay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Hale ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coat's Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Hokes Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Edwardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Banner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- East Gadsden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Burns Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Glencoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gadsden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Colvins Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Collins ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Oak Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Mack ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Angel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Merrellton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Southside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Piedmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Ball Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Leesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Anderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Moshat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Sand Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Tucker Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Exie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Noah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Spring Garden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Grantley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Borden Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Oak Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Collinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cotnam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Rodentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Mount Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Dawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Crossville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rains ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dog Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Sigsbee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Lickskillet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Boaz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Albertville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Peters ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Horton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Rabbit Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Douglas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Gregory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hyatt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Steele
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ragland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Chattooga County (GA)
- Chattoogaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Floyd County (GA)
- Cave Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Esom Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coato Bend, see our County-by-County Page for Coato Bend.
Cemeteries Near Coato Bend ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coato Bend.
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 Coato Bend - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coato Bend covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Lebanon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Owens Memorial Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hill UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Croft Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reid Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (377 more) ...
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shepard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tillison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Coato Bend in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coato Bend.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coato Bend, with the one closest to Coato Bend listed first.
- Coat's Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Oak Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Hokes Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Upton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Upton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Reaves
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reaves is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reaves
- Maple Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Slackland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Slackland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
- East Gadsden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Plano
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plano is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Tabor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tabor is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Brice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brice is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Colvins Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Mackey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mackey is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Gadsden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coato Bend. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coato Bend.
Newspapers Published in Coato Bend ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coato Bend.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coato Bend, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coato Bend.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Coato Bend:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Etowah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Chattooga County
- Floyd County
- Polk 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 Coato Bend, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Coato Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |