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 Eden Ridge (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 Eden Ridge. 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 Eden Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Eden Ridge: Eden Rdg. (or less commonly used: Eden Rdge. or Eden Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Eden Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eden Ridge.
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 southwest 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 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.
Eden Ridge is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Eden Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eden Ridge:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Eden Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Shannon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shannon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- New Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
- Mobile Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mobile Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile Junction
- Oxmoor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oxmoor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxmoor
- Hoover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bessemer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,110 people
- Roosevelt - Cairo Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blue Creek Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Creek Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek Junction
- Old Jonesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Jonesboro is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jonesboro
- McCalla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Eddings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eddings is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddings
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Green Pond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Ellen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Ellen is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ellen
- Blocton Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton Junction is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton Junction
- Blocton Junction has also been known as:
- Blockton Junc
- Seymour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Nash Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nash Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Town
- North Bibb
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Bibb is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bibb
- Italian Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Italian Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Town
- Brierfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Blocton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton
- Blount County
- Dale ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Chilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Jemison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Thorsby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jumbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Coosa County
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Woodland Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Vincent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moody
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Acmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Brompton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Parsons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Tacoa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Falliston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Falliston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
- Helena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bamford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bamford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Alabaster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tulse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tulse is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
- Indian Springs Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
- Pelham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brantleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brantleyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantleyville
- Siluria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Siluria is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siluria
- Maylene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saginaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Talladega Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Talladega Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talladega Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Childersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fayetteville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Tannehill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Lake View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Abernant
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Abernant is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernant
- Bull City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Vance
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kellerman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kellerman is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerman
- Brookwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coaling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coaling is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,633 people
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Quinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Reeds Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Yerkwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Wyatt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Burnwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Oakahalla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Dora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
- Sumiton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Barney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barney is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Goodsprings
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goodsprings is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eden Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Eden Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Eden Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eden Ridge.
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 Eden Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eden Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Grace Community Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Community Church Cemetery
- The Grace Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mars Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Sulphur Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138568 <2>
- Ray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Acton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Garden of Memories
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- David Lindsay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pelham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sadlers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Massey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Smithson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (382 more) ...
- Southern Heritage Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Heritage Cemetery
- The Southern Heritage Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rideout Southern Heritage Cemetery
- Ridout Southern Heritage Cemetery
- Fairington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Eden Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eden Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eden Ridge, with the one closest to Eden Ridge listed first.
- Tacoa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Morgan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Morgan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Helena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Falliston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Falliston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
- Bamford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bamford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Sloss
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sloss is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloss
- Tulse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tulse is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
- Woodward Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodward Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Junction
- Ware
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Oxmoor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oxmoor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxmoor
- Brickyard Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brickyard Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Junction
- Bessemer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hillman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hillman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Pelham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blue Creek Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Creek Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eden Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eden Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Eden Ridge ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eden Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eden Ridge, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eden Ridge.
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 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 Eden Ridge:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Blount County
- Chilton County
- Coosa County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Talladega County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Walker 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 Eden Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eden Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |