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 Gap (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 Gap. 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 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.
Copeland Gap is located in 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 Copeland Gap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Copeland Gap:
- Etowah County (The home county of Copeland Gap)
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Carlisle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Mountainboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Ridgeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Egypt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Sardis City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Whitesboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Bennettsville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bennettsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Reece City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reece City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
- Crudup
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Benson ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Aurora
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Highmound
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Snead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wynnville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Bird ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Clarence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- McLarty
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Susan Moore
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Hoods Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Bright Star
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Craig
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Fridays Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Southside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Level
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Cochran Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Colvins Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Mack ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Grayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Ohatchee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Wellington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Angel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Leesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Anderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Sand Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Moshat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Cedar Bluff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Joppa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rains ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Rodentown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Cotnam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Crossville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Dawson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Geraldine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Whiton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Collinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chigger Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Langston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rock City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Boaz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Albertville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Horton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Douglas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Hustleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Rabbit Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Hyatt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Steele
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Ashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ragland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Wattsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Copeland Gap, see our County-by-County Page for Copeland Gap.
Cemeteries Near Copeland Gap ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Copeland Gap.
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 Gap - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Copeland Gap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Butler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Noble Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Webb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cave Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hibbs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thrasher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leath Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- Ivalee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mizell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Copeland Gap in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Copeland Gap.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Copeland Gap, with the one closest to Copeland Gap listed first.
- Littleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Avery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Mountainboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Norton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Norton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Howelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Crudup
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Pulltight
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pulltight is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulltight
- Fenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fenton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
- Aurora
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Duck Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Stanfield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stanfield is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Attalla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boaz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Copeland Gap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Copeland Gap.
Newspapers Published in Copeland Gap ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Copeland Gap.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Copeland Gap, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Copeland Gap.
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 Copeland Gap:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Etowah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Copeland Gap) 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 Gap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |