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 Dempsey (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 Dempsey. 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.
Dempsey is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Colbert, Lawrence, Marion, Winston, Itawamba (MS) & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Dempsey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dempsey:
- Franklin County (The home county of Dempsey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Belgreen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Burntout
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Pleasant Site
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Rockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Vina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vina is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Hodges
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Red Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spruce Pine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Phil Campbell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Churntown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Denton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Red Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Bishop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Littleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Cherokee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White House Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Spring Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Tuscumbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Cypress Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Mars Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Mount Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Edmond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Hatton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Hackleburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Bear Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Hamilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thornhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Pikeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pikeville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Haleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Pebble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Boar Tush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boar Tush is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boar Tush
- Boar Tush has also been known as:
- Boar Tusk
- Boartush
- Boartusk
- Delmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Itawamba County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Bounds Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Eastman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Tremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Burton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- New Site
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Marietta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altitude
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Golden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dennis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Tishomingo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Paden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Oldham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Holcut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Iuka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dempsey, see our County-by-County Page for Dempsey.
Cemeteries Near Dempsey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dempsey.
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 Dempsey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dempsey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Old Frankfort Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tompkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bolin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Nauvoo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Massey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blue Lick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sparks Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bonds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Cemetery
- The Bonds Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bond Cemetery
- Greenhill - Ezzell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnout Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnout Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burnout Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Burntout
- Burntout Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burntout Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Burntout
- Old Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Friendship Cemetery
- The Old Friendship Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friendship Cemetery
- Continue List (620 more) ...
- Belgreen Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belgreen Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Belgreen.
- The Belgreen Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belgreen Cemetery
- Old Belgreen Cemetery
- New Belgreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Belgreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Belgreen Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Belgreen.
- Ezzell 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.<4>
While we didn't find Dempsey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dempsey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dempsey, with the one closest to Dempsey listed first.
- Belgreen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Rock Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Pleasant Site
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Denton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Frankfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Rockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Red Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Isbell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Isbell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Spruce Pine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Maud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maud is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hackleburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dempsey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dempsey.
Newspapers Published in Dempsey ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dempsey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dempsey, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dempsey.
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 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 Dempsey:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Winston County
- Itawamba County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo 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- Dempsey) 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 Dempsey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |