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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 Eutaw (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 Eutaw. 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 and doctors 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.

Eutaw is located in Greene County and is the County Seat.

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 Greene County: Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter & Tuscaloosa.

Below are the counties that are near Eutaw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eutaw:

  • Greene County     (The home county of Eutaw)
  • Hale County
  • Marengo County
  • Perry County
  • Pickens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eutaw, with the one closest to Eutaw listed first.
    • Benevola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Olney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Aliceville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • McMullen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • McMullen is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
    • Beaver Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Beaver Town is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Town
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eutaw, with the one closest to Eutaw listed first.
    • Gainesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Epes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Epes is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
    • McDowell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sumterville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Moore Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Moore Town is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
    • Bethel ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Bethel is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Panola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Livingston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Geiger
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Brewersville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Emelle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Coatopa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuscaloosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eutaw, with the one closest to Eutaw listed first.
    • Ralph
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Foster's
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Buhl
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Buhl is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
    • Elrod
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
    • Coker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Coker is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coker <1>
    • Duncanville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Duncanville is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
    • Ingleside Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Ingleside Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Village
    • Sahama Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sahama Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahama Village
  • Kemper County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eutaw, with the one closest to Eutaw listed first.
    • Giles
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Binnsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Noxubee County (MS)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eutaw, see our County-by-County Page for Eutaw.

Cemeteries Near Eutaw ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eutaw.

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 Eutaw - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eutaw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eutaw, with the one closest to Eutaw listed first.

  • Mesopotamia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Beulah Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • New Christian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Smiths Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Zion Friendship Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Walton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hick Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Barnes Rancher Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • McGiffert Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pippen Place Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (421 more) ...
    • Kirksey Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Eutaw had a population of 1,115 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Eutaw had a population of 2,558 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Eutaw, with the one closest to Eutaw listed first.

  • Evansville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Evansville is located in Hale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
  • Clinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Boligee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Union
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Union is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
  • Sawyerville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Knoxville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Knoxville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Mount Hebron
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Mount Hebron is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
  • West Greene
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Forkland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Miller
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mantua
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Tishabee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tishabee is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tishabee
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eutaw. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eutaw.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Eutaw ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eutaw.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Eutaw. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Eutaw and those printed in the larger area surrounding Eutaw.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Eutaw.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Eutaw:

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>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 Eutaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Eutaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.