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 Evansville (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 Evansville. 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 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 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.
Evansville is located in Hale 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 Hale County: Bibb, Greene, Marengo, Perry & Tuscaloosa.
Below are the counties that are near Evansville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evansville:
- Hale County (The home county of Evansville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Village is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Sawyerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Powers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Greensboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moundville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Phipps ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phipps is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Cedarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Rosemary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemary is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Arcola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Arcola is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Newbern
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newbern is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Prairieville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Pondville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pondville is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
- Egypt ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Eutaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Knoxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Knoxville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Forkland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Lizzieville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- Boligee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mantua
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mantua is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Lewiston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Miller
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- West Greene
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Aigleville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Aigleville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aigleville
- Demopolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Faunsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Siddonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Siddonsville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsville
- Tombigbee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tombigbee is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tombigbee
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Brush Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brush Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Morgan Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Morgan Springs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Springs
- Jericho
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Benevola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benevola is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevola
- Olney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olney is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
- Aliceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- McDowell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McDowell is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Gainesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Epes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Epes is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Moore Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
- Brewersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Sumterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Coatopa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Livingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Panola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Panola is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Ralph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Foster's
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Duncanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Duncanville is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Ingleside Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Village
- Sahama Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sahama Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahama Village
- Hagler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hagler is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Tuscaloosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buhl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buhl is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
- Coker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elrod
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Northport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pearson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pearson is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evansville, see our County-by-County Page for Evansville.
Cemeteries Near Evansville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evansville.
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 Evansville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evansville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Sample Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Five Mile Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Akron New Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Langham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Long Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Springhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (438 more) ...
- Jackson Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Robertson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rhone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 in 1895, Evansville had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Sawyerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eutaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Havana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Havana is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Knoxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Knoxville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Powers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Greensboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Forkland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Phipps ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phipps is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Cedarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Sylvan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sylvan is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Boligee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brush Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brush Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Whitsitt
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Whitsitt is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsitt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evansville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evansville.
Newspapers Published in Evansville ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evansville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evansville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evansville.
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 Evansville:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Hale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Greene County
- Marengo County
- Perry County
- Pickens County
- Sumter County
- Tuscaloosa 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> | 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 Evansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Evansville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |