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 Davis Ferry (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 Davis Ferry. 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.
Davis Ferry is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Calhoun, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Chattooga (GA), Floyd (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Davis Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Davis Ferry:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Davis Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Anderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Centre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Sand Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Ball Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Moshat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Tucker Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Noah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Cedar Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Collins ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Colvins Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mack ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Merrellton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Oak Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Dailey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Angel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Borden Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Grantley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Oak Level
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Collinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Cotnam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Dawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Rodentown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Dog Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Lickskillet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Crossville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Hale ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Ballplay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Coat's Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Banner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Edwardsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Keener
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Hokes Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Jackson County
- Rock City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Boaz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Peters ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Hustleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Albertville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Whitesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Rabbit Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Horton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Douglas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Gregory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Saint Clair County
- Steele
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <1>
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Cave Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oreburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Etna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Esom Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Davis Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Davis Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Davis Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Davis Ferry.
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 Davis Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Davis Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mackey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shepard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Croft Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Weaver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parker Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (373 more) ...
- Sewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pratt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Davis Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Davis Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Davis Ferry, with the one closest to Davis Ferry listed first.
- Maple Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Slackland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Slackland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
- Plano
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plano is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Mackey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mackey is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Oak Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Turkeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Coat's Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Leonard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leonard is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Centre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Tabor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tabor is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Round Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Round Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Sand Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Upton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Upton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Davis Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Davis Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Davis Ferry ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Davis Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Davis Ferry, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Davis Ferry.
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 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 Davis Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Chattooga County
- Floyd County
- Polk 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 Davis Ferry, 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' (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- Davis Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |