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 Estes 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 Estes 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 Estes 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 Estes Crossroads: Estes Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Estes Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Estes Crossroads may originally have been Este's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Estes Crossroads might be written as Este 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 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.
Estes Crossroads is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Calhoun, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Chattooga (GA), Floyd (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Estes Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Estes Crossroads:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Estes Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Ball Flat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Exie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Spring Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Moshat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Centre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rock Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Noah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Anderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Collins ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Colvins Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Merrellton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Nances Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Dailey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Mack ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Angel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Grantley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Borden Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Oak Level
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Fruithurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Heflin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Muscadine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Ai
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Abel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Collinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Cotnam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Lickskillet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Dawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Rodentown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Crossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Adamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Banner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Ballplay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Hokes Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coat's Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Cobb City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Edwardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Anderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Wilsonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Glencoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- Boaz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Steele
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ragland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Talladega County
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Chattooga County (GA)
- Chattoogaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Cave Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Coosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Felton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tallapoosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Esom Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Estes Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Estes Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Estes Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Estes 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 Estes Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Estes Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Lebanon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Taylors Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sardis Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Youngs Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Littlejohn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goshen Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the north of Piedmont.
- The Goshen Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goshen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1413181 <3>
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Estes Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Estes Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Estes Crossroads, with the one closest to Estes Crossroads listed first.
- Gnatville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gnatville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnatville
- Reaves
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Reaves is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reaves
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Colvins Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Piedmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Ladiga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ladiga is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiga
- Plano
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plano is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Hokes Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Merrellton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Maple Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Spring Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Exie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Moshat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Estes Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Estes Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Estes 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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Estes Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Estes Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Estes Crossroads.
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 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 Estes Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Chattooga County
- Floyd County
- Haralson County
- Polk 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> | 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Estes Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Estes Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |