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 Drummond 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 Drummond 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Drummond Ferry is located in Walker 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 Walker County: Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Jefferson, Marion, Tuscaloosa & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Drummond Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Drummond Ferry:
- Walker County (The home county of Drummond Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drummond Ferry, with the one closest to Drummond Ferry listed first.
- Powellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Powellville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Sipsey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sipsey is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
- Creel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Empire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Red Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Rock is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Burrows Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burrows Crossroads is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows Crossroads
- Sumiton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Dora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marylee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marylee is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marylee
- Cordova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dovertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dovertown is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovertown
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drummond Ferry, with the one closest to Drummond Ferry listed first.
- Red Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Reid's
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Smoke Rise
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Warrior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blount Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- Hayden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bangor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bangor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- County Line
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Dallas
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Selfville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Adville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Locust Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drummond Ferry, with the one closest to Drummond Ferry listed first.
- Arkadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Ardell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ardell is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- The Colony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Black Bottom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Damascus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Crane Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dodge City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dodge City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Trimble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trimble is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Logan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- Alta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alta is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drummond Ferry, with the one closest to Drummond Ferry listed first.
- Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Robbins Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Sayre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sayre is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Media
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Media is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Media
- Graysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Kimberly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alden is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Cardiff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Morris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Brookside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brookside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drummond Ferry, with the one closest to Drummond Ferry listed first.
- Arley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falls City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falls City is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Slick Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Slick Ford is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Ford
- Houston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Addison
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Double Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Upshaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
- Ellaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ellaville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellaville
- Lynn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Drummond Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Drummond Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Drummond Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drummond 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 Drummond Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Drummond Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Drummond Ferry, with the one closest to Drummond Ferry listed first.
- Drummond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mauldin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sipsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Church Cemetery
- The Shady Grove Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shady Grove Cemetery
- Burton Bend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Phillips Freewill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Canaan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tidwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Empire Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Empire Memorial Cemetery is located in Empire.
- The Empire Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Empire Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1442863 <2>
- McKinley Chapel Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Aaron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Boldo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Drummond Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Drummond Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Drummond Ferry, with the one closest to Drummond Ferry listed first.
- Powellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Powellville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Sloan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sloan is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Arkadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Ardell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ardell is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
- Dora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cordova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marylee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marylee is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marylee
- South Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Lowell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lowell
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Reid's
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Linn Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Crossing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Crossing
- Warrior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Parrish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parrish is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drummond Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drummond Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Drummond 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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drummond Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drummond Ferry, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Drummond Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Drummond Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Walker County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- Fayette County
- Jefferson County
- Winston 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 Drummond Ferry, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Drummond Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |