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 Colberts Ferry (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 Colberts Ferry. 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 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.
Colberts Ferry is located in Colbert 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 Colbert County: Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Colberts Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colberts Ferry:
- Colbert County (The home county of Colberts Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Cherokee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Sheffield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Pleasant Site
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Belgreen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Russellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burntout
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Rockwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Red Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Waterloo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Threet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- McGee Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Cloverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cypress Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Jacksonburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Zip City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Edmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Glens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Jacinto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Prentiss County (MS)
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Oldham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Iuka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Short
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Burnsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Paden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holcut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Dennis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Golden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Lowryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Bruton Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Pyburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Nash Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Nixon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Hamburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Iron City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Saint Joseph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rascal Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Westpoint
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- McNairy County (TN)
- Tulu
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Lutts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Collinwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Corning ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Colberts Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Colberts Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Colberts Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colberts Ferry.
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 Colberts Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Colberts Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Burnstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pride Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Athens City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Perkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Malone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (699 more) ...
- Rowell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Noel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sherrod Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Colberts Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Colberts Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Colberts Ferry, with the one closest to Colberts Ferry listed first.
- Gravelly Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Springs
- Rhodesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodesville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodesville
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Smithsonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smithsonia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsonia
- Wright
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wright is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Cherokee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Waterloo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Margerum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Margerum is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
- Kendell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kendell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendell
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
- Stout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stout is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Cloverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Colberts Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Colberts Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Colberts Ferry ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colberts Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colberts Ferry, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colberts Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Colberts Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Colbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Hardin County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Colberts Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Colberts Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |