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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 Cooley Crossroads (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 Cooley Crossroads. 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 Cooley Crossroads ...
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 Cooley Crossroads: Cooley Xrds.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cooley Crossroads is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega & Tallapoosa.
Below are the counties that are near Cooley Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cooley Crossroads:
- Clay County (The home county of Cooley Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Mellow Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Motley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Cragford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lineville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Millerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Barfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Erin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Delta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Haynes Crossroad
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Elder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Abanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Red Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Clackville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Milltown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Penton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Doublehead
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Chapel Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Five Points
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Stroud
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Blackman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- LaFayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Standing Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Hollis Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Micaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Abel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hightower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Goodwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kellyton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Mount Olive
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Fishpond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Ray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Almond
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Malone Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Wadley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forester Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Ofelia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Peavy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Christiana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Wedowee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Milner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Roanoke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Chandler Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Ironaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Waldo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Kentuck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- McElderry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Munford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rendalia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Grant Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Silver Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Oldfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Sycamore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Emuckfaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Goldville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Daviston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Truett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- New Site
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Frog Eye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Cowpens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Matilda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Hackneyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Dudleyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Jacksons' Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alexander City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- O'Neals Crossroad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Frolona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Glenn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ephesus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Yates Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Troup County (GA)
- Evansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cooley Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Cooley Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Cooley Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cooley Crossroads.
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 Cooley Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cooley Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McDaniel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mellow Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- County Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (346 more) ...
- Fisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Cooley Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cooley Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cooley Crossroads, with the one closest to Cooley Crossroads listed first.
- Mellow Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Gibsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gibsonville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
- Emuckfaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Almond
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Goldville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Malone Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Bluff Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bluff Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
- Daviston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Truett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- New Site
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Zana ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zana is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Louina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Louina is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louina
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Forester Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Lineville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cooley Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cooley Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Cooley Crossroads ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooley Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cooley Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cooley Crossroads.
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 Cooley Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Chambers County
- Cleburne County
- Coosa County
- Randolph County
- Talladega County
- Tallapoosa County
- Heard County
- Troup 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cooley Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Cooley Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |