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 Dallas (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 Dallas. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Dallas is located in Blount 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 Blount County: Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, Marshall, Saint Clair, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Dallas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dallas:
- Blount County (The home county of Dallas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Selfville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Adville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Locust Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Compton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- County Line
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Remlap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Warrior
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Deavers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deavers is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavers
- Hayden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nectar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nectar is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Allgood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Blount Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- Smoke Rise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Garden City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Black Bottom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Damascus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Hanceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Colony
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Arkadelphia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- White City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Dodge City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Bremen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baileytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Good Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Altoona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Gallant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Walnut Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Howelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Masseyline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Trafford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Village Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
- Bradford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Palmerdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Palmerdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerdale
- Majestic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Ayres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Crosston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crosston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosston
- Kimberly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Morris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Chalkville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chalkville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkville
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Douglas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Springville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Argo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Saint Clair Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Margaret
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turnbough Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Parsons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Acmar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Branchville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Odenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Moody
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Brompton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Woodland Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Dunnavant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Dunavant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Vandiver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bridgeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Lake Purdy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Shoal Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Sterrett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Inverness
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Meadowbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Creel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Empire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
- Sumiton
(23 miles [37 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>
- Sipsey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sipsey is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Oakahalla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Powellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Powellville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Quinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Yerkwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Burnwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Dora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Twilley Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dallas, see our County-by-County Page for Dallas.
Cemeteries Near Dallas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dallas.
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 Dallas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dallas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Holston Chapel UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- County Line Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vandiver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lilly Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Love Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Compton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Remlap Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clear Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crump Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brown - Hudson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (350 more) ...
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tidwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Dallas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dallas.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
- Selfville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Compton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Adville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Remlap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Viola ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Viola is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Little Warrior
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Coaldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coaldale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Bradford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Linton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Linton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Warrior
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ayres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Blount Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chepultepec
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chepultepec is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepultepec
- Bangor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bangor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dallas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dallas.
Newspapers Published in Dallas ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dallas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dallas, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dallas.
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 Dallas:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cullman County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby 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> | 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 Dallas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Dallas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |