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 Copeland Bridge (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 Copeland Bridge. 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 Copeland Bridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Copeland Bridge: Copeland Brg. (or less commonly used: Copeland Brdg. or Copeland Brdge.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Copeland Bridge is located in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall, Chattooga (GA), Dade (GA) & Walker (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Copeland Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Copeland Bridge:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Copeland Bridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Collinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Cotnam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Mount Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Floy ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Crossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Geraldine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Guest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Guest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guest
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Rodentown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Highmound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- McLarty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Colvins Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Collins ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Oak Level
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Southside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mack ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Piedmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Sand Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Anderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Centre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Blanche
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Cedar Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gaylesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ringgold
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Moshat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Lawrence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Keener
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Yancy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Duck Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Wilsonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Whitesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Hale ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Turkeytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Anderson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Coat's Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Crudup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Sardis City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Rock City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Section
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Langston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Gray ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pisgah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Scottsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Aspel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Peters ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Boaz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hustleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Albertville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Mid ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Columbus City Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- Rabbit Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Columbus City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Whitesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Rayburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Saint Clair County
- Steele
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Cloudland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Lyerly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Berryton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Copeland Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Copeland Bridge.
Cemeteries Near Copeland Bridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Copeland Bridge.
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 Copeland Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Copeland Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Copeland Bridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Anthony Collins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wesson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Collinsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collinsville Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Kerley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kerley Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Collins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gilbreath Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mathis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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 Copeland Bridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Copeland Bridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Copeland Bridge, with the one closest to Copeland Bridge listed first.
- Collinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Cotnam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Wills ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wills is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Portersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Portersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Skirum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Skirum is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skirum
- Chumley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chumley is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumley
- Leonard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Floy ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Crossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sand Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Loveless
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Loveless is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless
- Geraldine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Copeland Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Copeland Bridge.
Newspapers Published in Copeland Bridge ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Copeland Bridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Copeland Bridge, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Copeland Bridge.
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 websites either 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 Copeland Bridge:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Chattooga 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Copeland Bridge) 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 Copeland Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |