Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Etowahton during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Etowahton was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
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 Etowahton (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 Etowahton. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Etowahton is located in Etowah 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 Etowah County: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall & Saint Clair.
Below are the counties that are near Etowahton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Etowahton:
- Etowah County (The home county of Etowahton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Rainbow City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrims Rest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Attalla
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Alabama City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- Bennettsville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bennettsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Ivalee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Gadsden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Benson ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Black Creek Falls ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek Falls is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Falls
- Burns Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Appalachian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Straight Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Taits Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Bird ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Highland Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Hoods Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Wynnville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Fridays Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Snead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Susan Moore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Oneonta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clarence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Southside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cochran Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Oak Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Ohatchee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Grayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Mack ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Clark ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Ball Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Sand Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Moshat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Rodentown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Rains ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Cotnam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Crossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Collinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Rogers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Geraldine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Whiton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Jefferson County
- Ayres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Boaz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whitesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Douglas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Horton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Albertville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hyatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Rabbit Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Hustleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Steele
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Ragland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wattsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Coal City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Saint Clair Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Seddon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Branchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Odenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Springville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Lincoln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Coldwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Windsong Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Silver Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McElderry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Kentuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Etowahton, see our County-by-County Page for Etowahton.
Cemeteries Near Etowahton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Etowahton.
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 Etowahton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Etowahton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Heald Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rainbow Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McCartney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alabama City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hughes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southern Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Southern Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Gadsden.
- The Southern Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sixth Street Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297800 <3>
- Lee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deerman Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (357 more) ...
- Red Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crestwood Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Etowahton had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Etowahton, with the one closest to Etowahton listed first.
- Hood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hood is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Markton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Attalla
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Steele
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stanfield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stanfield is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield
- Gadsden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Norton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Norton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Ottery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ottery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottery
- Peek's Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peek's Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek's Hill
- East Gadsden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Littleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Littleton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Francis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Francis is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Ohatchee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Howelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Etowahton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Etowahton.
Newspapers Published in Etowahton ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Etowahton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Etowahton, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Etowahton.
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 either 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 Etowahton:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Etowah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- DeKalb County
- Jefferson County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Etowahton and then turned east". While Etowahton could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Etowahton as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Etowahton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Alabama community named Etowahton. |
| <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> | 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 Etowahton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Etowahton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |