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 Cyril (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 Cyril. 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.
Cyril is located in Choctaw County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Choctaw County: Clarke, Marengo, Sumter, Washington, Clarke (MS), Lauderdale (MS) & Wayne (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Cyril. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cyril:
- Choctaw County (The home county of Cyril)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyril, with the one closest to Cyril listed first.
- Pushmataha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
- Lisman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Cromwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Butler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <2>
- Red Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Needham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Jachin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Okatuppa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Melvin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Pelham
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Choctaw City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choctaw City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw City
- Choctaw City is located in Choctaw County
- Toxey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Lavaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clarke County
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyril, with the one closest to Cyril listed first.
- Barrons ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Nanafalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Putnam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Myrtlewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myrtlewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
- Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Beckleys ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east) - Griffins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east) - Half Acre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
- Half Acre is located in Marengo County
- Former names for Half Acre:
- Hell's Half Acre
- Luther's Store
- Aimwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyril, with the one closest to Cyril listed first.
- Kinterbish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Ward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Cuba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Sumter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Derby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in Sumter County
- Intercourse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
- Intercourse is located in Sumter County
- York
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- York is located in Sumter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Former names for York:
- New York Station
- York Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <2>
- Whitfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Bellamy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County
- Arrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Coatopa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Brewersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County
- Clarke County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyril, with the one closest to Cyril listed first.
- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Quitman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Quitman is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <2>
- Stonewall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- De Soto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Enterprise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <2>
- Shubuta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Pachuta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jasper County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyril, with the one closest to Cyril listed first.
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Jasper County (MS)
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fellowship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County (MS)
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Lauderdale County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyril, with the one closest to Cyril listed first.
- Whynot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Increase
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Vimville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Smith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Russell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Meridian
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Meridian is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <2>
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Lockhart
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Bailey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Nellieburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nellieburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Suqualena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Daleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cyril, see our County-by-County Page for Cyril.
Newspapers Published in Cyril ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cyril.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cyril, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cyril.
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 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 Cyril:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Choctaw County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marengo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sumter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jasper County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lauderdale County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Choctaw County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Choctaw County
Cemeteries Near Cyril ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cyril.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cyril covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cyril, with the one closest to Cyril listed first.
- McLendon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McLendon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLendon Cemetery
- Tims Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tims Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Episcopal Cemetery
- Sardis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sardis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sardis Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2296460 <4>
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Resthaven Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Memorial Gardens
- Eureka Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eureka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eureka Cemetery
- McRae Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McRae Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McRae Cemetery
- Resthaven Memorial Gardens
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.<5>
While we didn't find Cyril in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cyril.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cyril, with the one closest to Cyril listed first.
- Pushmataha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
- Hinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Energy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Whynot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Kinterbish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Butler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <2>
- Vimville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Lusk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Mount Sterling is located in Choctaw County
- Gaston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Roy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Melvin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Robjohn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Cuba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Sumter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Kewanee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Robjohn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cyril. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cyril.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cyril. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cyril) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cyril. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1782, Longitude: -88.4223 In this case, the coordinates for Cyril have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Cyril, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |