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 Draper 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 Draper 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Draper Ferry is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Draper Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Draper Ferry:
- Morgan County (The home county of Draper Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Draper Ferry, with the one closest to Draper Ferry listed first.
- Lacey's Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Valhermoso Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Winton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Briscoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Florette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Somerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Apple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Priceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ryan Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Burningtree Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Eva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Draper Ferry, with the one closest to Draper Ferry listed first.
- Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Birdie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Brooksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Bright Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- McLarty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Draper Ferry, with the one closest to Draper Ferry listed first.
- Joppa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Baileyton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Simcoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- South Vinemont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Vinemont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Holly Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Baileytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- East Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Cullman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Central
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Draper Ferry, with the one closest to Draper Ferry listed first.
- Paint Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Woodville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aspel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Lim Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Hollytree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Pleasant Groves
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Lawrence County
- Oakville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Draper Ferry, with the one closest to Draper Ferry listed first.
- Swancott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Mooresville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Mina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Capshaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Harris Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Country Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Fairmount
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Tanner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Draper Ferry, with the one closest to Draper Ferry listed first.
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Whitesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Triana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- English Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Chelsea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Madison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Big Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Greenwycke Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Huntsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rideout Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Berkley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Lincoln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Draper Ferry, with the one closest to Draper Ferry listed first.
- Ruth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Hog Jaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Union Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Friendship
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Arab
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Scant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Askea Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Warrenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Grant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Draper Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Draper Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Draper Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Draper 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 Draper Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Draper Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Draper Ferry, with the one closest to Draper Ferry listed first.
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Valermosos Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodward Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tate Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Draper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chunns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Joiner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dickson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Horton - Joiner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (895 more) ...
- Draper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Draper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lynch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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 Draper Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Draper Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Draper Ferry, with the one closest to Draper Ferry listed first.
- Talucah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Talucah is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talucah
- Valhermoso Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Mills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Whitesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Triana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Briscoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Swancott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Somerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Stringer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stringer is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
- Apple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Oleander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oleander is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleander
- Owens' Cross Roads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Haden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haden is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Lowe ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lowe is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Berkley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Draper Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Draper Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Draper 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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Draper Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Draper Ferry, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Draper 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 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 Draper Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Marshall 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 Draper 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Draper Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |