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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 Fannings Crossing (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 Fannings Crossing. 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 Fannings Crossing ...
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 Fannings Crossing: Fannings Xing.
- While the name of this community is Fannings Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fannings Crossing may originally have been Fanning's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fannings Crossing might be written as Fanning Crossing.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Fannings Crossing is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Jackson, Limestone, Marshall, Morgan, Franklin (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Fannings Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fannings Crossing:
- Madison County (The home county of Fannings Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- New Market
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Key's Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Moore's Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Maysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Country Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Meridianville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hazel Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ryland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mercury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Brownsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chase
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Normal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Hollytree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Francisco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Trenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baileytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Estillfork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Paint Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Pleasant Groves
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Skyline
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Cumberland Mountain Farm Colony ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hytop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Center Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Capshaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Caro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Ardmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Fairmount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Swancott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Country Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Belle Mina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Westlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Hay's Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Pettusville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Marshall County
- Grant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- Lacey's Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Valhermoso Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Briscoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Franklin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- Huntland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Lexie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Garner Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Sal City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Winchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Cowan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cowan is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowan <2>
- Decherd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- Ardmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Elkmont Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Wheelerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Dickson Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- Flintville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Howell Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Corder Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Park City Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Camargo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Clarks Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Fayetteville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elk Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Molino
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Coldwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Cash Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Moore County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- Lynchburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Countyline is located in Moore County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fannings Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Fannings Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Fannings Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fannings Crossing.
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 Fannings Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fannings Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- Rice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northeast of Huntsville.
- The Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pine Grove Cemetery of Eternal Rest
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #25425 <4>
- Jacks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cochran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Whitman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Norris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harbin - Dalton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bragg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sisco Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Massengale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (1226 more) ...
- Jacks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Graveyard Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Petty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
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 Fannings Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fannings Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fannings Crossing, with the one closest to Fannings Crossing listed first.
- New Market
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deposit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Deposit is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deposit
- Bell Factory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Factory is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Factory
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Moore's Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Plevna
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plevna is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Key's Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Meridianville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Mercury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Padgett ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Padgett is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padgett
- Brownsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lincoln
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Fisk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fisk is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Elora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fannings Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fannings Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Fannings Crossing ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fannings Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fannings Crossing, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fannings Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Fannings Crossing:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lincoln County
- Moore 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fannings Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Fannings Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |