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 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 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.
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 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.
Crossroads is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crossroads:
- Marshall County (The home county of Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Mill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Guntersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <1>
- Warrenton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Gregory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Wyeth City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth City
- Street ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Rayburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Scant City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Rabbit Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Hyatt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Grassy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- McLarty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Highmound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Bright Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Brooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Snead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Craig
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Wynnville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Birdie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Clarence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Joppa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Baileyton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Holly Pond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Baileytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Simcoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- East Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Hanceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cullman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Vinemont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Rogers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Rains ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Whiton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Grove Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Chigger Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Geraldine
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rodentown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Crossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lakeview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Cotnam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Greer ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Sardis City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Mountainboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Walnut Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Carlisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Whitesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Egypt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Altoona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Howelton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Benson ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Langston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Aspel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Paint Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Lim Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Rock City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Section
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Larkinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Pleasant Groves
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- New Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Berkley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Big Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- English Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Gurley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Greenwycke Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Triana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Brownsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Hulaco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Apple Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Briscoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Morgan City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Lacey's Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Florette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Valhermoso Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Winton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Somerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Steele
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Whitney Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of 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 Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Cox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Happy Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crestview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bodine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Guntersville City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clear Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (591 more) ...
- Mt. High Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crossroads, with the one closest to Crossroads listed first.
- Guntersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <1>
- Warrenton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Diamond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Sidney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sidney is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Street ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Red Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Hyatt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- North ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Grassy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Manchester is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Albertville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Horton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Henryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Henryville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in 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 Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for 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 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 Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan 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> | 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 Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |