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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Coloma. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Coloma to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Coloma, 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 Coloma (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 Coloma. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Coloma is historic, it would have been located within present day Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Calhoun, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Chattooga (GA), Floyd (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Coloma. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coloma:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Coloma)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Moshat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Tucker Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Exie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Noah
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Ball Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Howells Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Spring Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Cedar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Collins ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Piedmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dailey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Colvins Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Nances Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Merrellton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Jacksonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Angel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Borden Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Grantley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Oak Level
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Fruithurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Muscadine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Heflin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Lickskillet
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Collinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Adamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Cotnam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Dawson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Douglas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Crossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Banner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Ballplay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Hale ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Hokes Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coat's Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Edwardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Keener
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Burns Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Menlo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <2>
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Cave Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Robealou Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Atlanta Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Brice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Lindale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Silver Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Mount Berry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <2>
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Felton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tallapoosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Etna
(13 miles [20.9 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Grady is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Seney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Seney is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coloma, see our County-by-County Page for Coloma.
Cemeteries Near Coloma ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coloma.
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 Coloma - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coloma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Providence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moshat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sheepskin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Neal Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Neal Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Centre.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24852 <3>
- Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sardis Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Noah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (394 more) ...
- Centre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Garrett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Parker Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.
Coloma itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Moshat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Bomar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bomar is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomar
- Exie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Key
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Key is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Noah
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Gnatville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gnatville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnatville
- Centre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plano
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plano is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Spring Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Pleasant Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Gap is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Forney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ladiga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ladiga is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiga
- Alexis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alexis is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Cedar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coloma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coloma.
Newspapers Published in Coloma ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coloma.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coloma, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coloma.
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 Coloma:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Chattooga County
- Floyd County
- Haralson 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 Coloma, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Coloma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |