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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 Echols Crossroads (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 Echols Crossroads. 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.
Name Variations for Echols Crossroads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Echols Crossroads: Echols Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Echols Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Echols Crossroads may originally have been Echol's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Echols Crossroads might be written as Echol Crossroads.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Echols Crossroads 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 Echols Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Echols Crossroads:
- Morgan County (The home county of Echols Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Winton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Somerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Priceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Valhermoso Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burningtree Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Florette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Lacey's Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hartselle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flint City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Leesdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <2>
- Russell Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Birdie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Brooksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- 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
- South Vinemont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Vinemont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Baileyton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Joppa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Simcoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- West Point
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Berlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- East Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Cullman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Central
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Baileytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Holly Pond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- Paint Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- Oakville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Hillsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Mountain Home
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Moulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- Swancott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Mooresville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Mina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Harris Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Capshaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Tanner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Country Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Ripley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- Triana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- English Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Chelsea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Rideout Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Greenwycke Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Big Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Jeff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- Ruth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Hog Jaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Friendship
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Union Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Arab
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Scant City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Askea Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Warrenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Winston County
- Upshaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Echols Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Echols Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Echols Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Echols Crossroads.
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 Echols Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Echols Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- Kolb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Troup Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leemon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Center Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Houston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Breeding Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Breeding Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (911 more) ...
- Winton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Collier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Echols Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Echols Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Echols Crossroads, with the one closest to Echols Crossroads listed first.
- Somerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Swancott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Talucah
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Talucah is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talucah
- Triana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Priceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stringer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stringer is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
- Woodland Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Mills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Valhermoso Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mooresville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hartselle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greenbrier is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Leesdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <2>
- Falkville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Briscoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Echols Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Echols Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Echols Crossroads ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Echols Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Echols Crossroads, 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 Echols Crossroads.
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 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 Echols Crossroads:
- 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
- Winston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Echols Crossroads, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Echols Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |