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 Fairview (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 Fairview. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Fairview 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 Fairview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairview:
- Etowah County (The home county of Fairview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Crudup
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Reece City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reece City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
- Duck Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Black Creek Falls ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek Falls is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Falls
- Turkeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Keener
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Gadsden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Edwardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Alabama City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- Bennettsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Highmound
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Snead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wynnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Bird ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Clarence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- McLarty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Susan Moore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Taits Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Bright Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Craig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Fridays Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Hoods Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Oak Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Southside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Colvins Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Cochran Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Mack ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Collins ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Wellington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Angel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Grayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Leesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Rock
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Moshat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Cedar Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Exie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Noah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Cleburne County
- Grantley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Rodentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Cotnam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Rains ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Crossville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Collinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Geraldine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rogers
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Mount Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Jackson County
- Rock City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Boaz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Albertville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Hustleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Rabbit Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Douglas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Peters ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Gregory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hyatt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Steele
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Ragland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairview, see our County-by-County Page for Fairview.
Cemeteries Near Fairview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.
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 Fairview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Duck Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cave Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Forrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hughes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Union Hill UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leath Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hibbs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Southern Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
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.<3>
While we didn't find Fairview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Brice
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brice is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Crudup
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Upton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Avery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Duck Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Gadsden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Turkeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Tabor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tabor is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Keener
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Yancy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- East Gadsden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Coat's Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Norton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Oak Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairview.
Newspapers Published in Fairview ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairview, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairview.
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 Fairview:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Etowah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Fairview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |