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 Country Village (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 Country Village. 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 Country Village ...
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 Country Village: Country Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Country Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Country Village.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Country Village is located in Limestone 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 Limestone County: Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Morgan, Giles (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Country Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Country Village:
- Limestone County (The home county of Country Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Fairmount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tanner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Capshaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Hay's Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Belle Mina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Harris Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Center Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mooresville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elkmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Confluence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Dells Vista Shores
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Estep ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Rogersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Anderson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Cedar Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Corum ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Elgin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Comer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Hillsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Courtland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Courtland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Mountain Home
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Red Bank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Oakville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Wheeler Dam Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Town Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Moulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Madison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Harvest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Toney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rideout Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Madison Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Triana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Elkwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Chelsea
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Decatur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Moulton Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Austinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Simpson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Russell Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Trinity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burningtree Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Flint City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Priceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Winton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Somerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Ardmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Prospect
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elkton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Stella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Wheelerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Minor Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Green Field
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Aymett Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Pisgah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Anthony Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Appleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Cash Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Coldwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Dellrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Camargo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Molino
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Pearl City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Park City Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Harms
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Howell Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Country Village, see our County-by-County Page for Country Village.
Cemeteries Near Country Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Country Village.
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 Country Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Country Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Wiggins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cambridge Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Polly Malone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Menefee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Isom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bottom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1130 more) ...
- Burrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tanner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fielding Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Country Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Country Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Country Village, with the one closest to Country Village listed first.
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hay's Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Blackburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blackburn is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Harris Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Greenbrier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbrier is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- O'Neal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neal is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Decatur Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Decatur Junction is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Junction
- Mooresville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cluttsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cluttsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluttsville
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Cartwright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cartwright is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Elkmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Monrovia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Poplar Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Country Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Country Village.
Newspapers Published in Country Village ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Country Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Country Village, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Country Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Country Village:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Limestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Country Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Country Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |