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 Cunningham (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 Cunningham. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Cunningham is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Cunningham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cunningham:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Cunningham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- New Castle
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Castle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Gardendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crosston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crosston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosston
- Fultondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Center Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Majestic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Morris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Mount Olive
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Bartonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bartonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
- Huffman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huffman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Warrior
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- County Line
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Compton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Selfville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Dallas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Remlap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Hayden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Reid's
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Smoke Rise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Adville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Black Bottom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Arkadelphia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Colony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- The Colony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Damascus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Garden City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dodge City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Hanceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ardell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ardell is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Argo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Parsons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Acmar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Moody
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Woodland Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Margaret
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Turnbough Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Brompton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Springville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Odenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Bridgeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Lake Purdy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Dunnavant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Inverness
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Dunavant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Shoal Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Meadowbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Vandiver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
- Sterrett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Calcis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- East Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Logan Martin Dam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Creel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Empire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Oakahalla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Quinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sumiton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sumiton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
- Former names for Sumiton:
- Commercial
- Democrat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <1>
- Wyatt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Yerkwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
- Burnwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Dora
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Twilley Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Red Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cunningham, see our County-by-County Page for Cunningham.
Cemeteries Near Cunningham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cunningham.
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 Cunningham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cunningham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Castle Heights Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Edward Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moncrief Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walkers Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sheritt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hughes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Creel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Higgins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Reed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Chalkville
- The Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Taylors Chapel Cemetery
- Liberty - Minter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty - Minter Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty - Minter Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Morris.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #190975 <3>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cunningham had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- New Castle
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Castle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Morris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Lewisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Bartonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bartonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
- Huffman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huffman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Coalburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coalburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Former name for Coalburg:
- Coalburgh
- East Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
- Chalkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chalkville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkville
- Brookside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brookside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- North Birmingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Birmingham
- Vanderbilt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vanderbilt is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderbilt
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cardiff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cardiff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- East Birmingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Birmingham
- Warrior
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cunningham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cunningham.
Newspapers Published in Cunningham ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cunningham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cunningham, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cunningham.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Cunningham:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Talladega County
- Walker 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cunningham) 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 Cunningham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |