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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Estaville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Estaville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Estaville, please Contact Us.
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 Estaville (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 Estaville. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Estaville is historic, it would have been located within present day Limestone 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 Limestone County: Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Morgan, Giles (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Estaville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Estaville:
- Limestone County (The home county of Estaville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Ardmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pettusville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Caro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Elkmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Center Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Fairmount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Athens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Country Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Capshaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Confluence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Anderson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Estep ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Cedar Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Rogersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <2>
- Corum ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Dells Vista Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Comer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Elgin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Hillsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Wheeler Dam Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Elkwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Toney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harvest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Jeff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Monrovia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Hazel Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Meridianville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Key's Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Madison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Normal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Decatur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Moulton Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Simpson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Austinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Trinity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Elkmont Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Ardmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dickson Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Stella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Aymett Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Pisgah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Green Field
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Appleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- New Prospect
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Liberty Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Leoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Cash Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Molino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Camargo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Pearl City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Harms
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Boonshill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Park City Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Hughey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Park City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Marshall County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Delina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Cornersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Yell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Talley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Estaville, see our County-by-County Page for Estaville.
Cemeteries Near Estaville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Estaville.
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 Estaville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Estaville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Hasting Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Scrouge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cylone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sylone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ezell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elliot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bailes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Croney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Delap - Clemant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hopwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (1286 more) ...
- Lewter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boswell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Daly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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.
Estaville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Estaville, with the one closest to Estaville listed first.
- Elkmont Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Pettusville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Caro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Cash Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Elkton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Elkmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Veto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Veto is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
- Hay's Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Blanche
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blanche is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Bryson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bryson is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Conway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conway is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Lesters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lesters is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesters
- Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Estaville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Estaville.
Newspapers Published in Estaville ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Estaville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Estaville, 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 Estaville.
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 Estaville:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Limestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Estaville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Estaville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |