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 Denny 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 Denny 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Denny Ferry is located in Chambers 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 Chambers County: Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa, Harris (GA) & Troup (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Denny Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Denny Ferry:
- Chambers County (The home county of Denny Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- Abanda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
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- Milltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Red Level
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Clackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Penton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Chapel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Doublehead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Stroud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Blackman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- LaFayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- Motley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Cragford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Lineville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Barfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Millerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Delta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Haynes Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Erin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Elder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Cleburne County
- Micaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- Kellyton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Goodwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fishpond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Ray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Hale County
- Erie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- The Bottle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Roxana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Gwen Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- Wadley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forester Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Almond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Peavy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Malone Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Roanoke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Rock Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Wedowee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- High Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Ofelia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Corbin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Talladega County
- Chandler Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- Truett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Frog Eye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Daviston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Matilda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Dudleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Goldville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- New Site
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Cowpens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
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- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Camp Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jacksons' Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- Glenn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Houston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Frolona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Yates Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Ephesus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- West Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North West Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Rockwell Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sassafrass Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Graysons Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- LaGrange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Denny Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Denny Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Denny Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Denny 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 Denny Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Denny Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- Bailey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beulah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Darian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Abanda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abanda Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Abanda.
- Wadley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bibby Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Daviston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daviston Cemetery
- The Daviston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Daviston Baptist Church Cemetery
- Sims Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (393 more) ...
- Milltown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Daviston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Denny Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Denny Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Denny Ferry, with the one closest to Denny Ferry listed first.
- Truett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Bosworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Louina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Louina is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louina
- Daviston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Milltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Denver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Almond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Forester Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Emuckfaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Malone Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Zana ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Zana is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Buttston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buttston is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttston
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marcoot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marcoot is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoot
- Chapel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Matilda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Denny Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Denny Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Denny 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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Denny Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Denny Ferry, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Denny Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Denny Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Chambers County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Coosa County
- Hale County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Talladega County
- Tallapoosa County
- Heard County
- Troup 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 Denny Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Denny Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |