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 Fishermans Resort (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 Fishermans Resort. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Fishermans Resort is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Limestone, Morgan & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Fishermans Resort. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fishermans Resort:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Fishermans Resort)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Red Bank
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Town Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Courtland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Courtland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Hatton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Hillsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Mountain Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Chalybeate Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Ford City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Leighton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nitrate City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
- Muscle Shoals
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wilson Dam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- South Florence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Sheffield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tuscumbia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Russellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Churntown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Elgin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Dells Vista Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Rogersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Corum ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Killen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Comer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Confluence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Estep ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atlas is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Lentzville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Poplar Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Ripley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Cairo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lester is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Athens
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hay's Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Tanner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Harris Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Elkmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Trinity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Austinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Decatur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Simpson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Russell Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flint City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Minor Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Stella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Prospect
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Anthony Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Rascal Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Liberty Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Saint Joseph
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Appleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Iron City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Loretto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Busby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Westpoint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Fall River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Leoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Corning ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Cypress Inn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fishermans Resort, see our County-by-County Page for Fishermans Resort.
Cemeteries Near Fishermans Resort ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fishermans Resort.
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 Fishermans Resort - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fishermans Resort covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Westmoreland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Troupe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Berry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gibson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Foster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Perkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mathews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Warren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hennigan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sheffield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (791 more) ...
- Childers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fuqua Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Houston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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>
While we didn't find Fishermans Resort in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fishermans Resort.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fishermans Resort, with the one closest to Fishermans Resort listed first.
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Rogersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Town Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Leighton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Courtland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Comer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Bingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bingham is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Edmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Lexington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bailey Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Springs
- Belew ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Lentzville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Green Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Saint Florian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fishermans Resort. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fishermans Resort.
Newspapers Published in Fishermans Resort ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fishermans Resort.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fishermans Resort, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fishermans Resort.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Fishermans Resort:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Wayne 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 Fishermans Resort, 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- Fishermans Resort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |