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 Flanders (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 Flanders. 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.
Flanders is located in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall, Chattooga (GA), Dade (GA) & Walker (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Flanders. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flanders:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Flanders)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Collinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cotnam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Dawson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Rodentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Crossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Geraldine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rains ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Floy ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Dog Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Highmound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- McLarty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Snead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Wynnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Bird ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Bright Star
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Colvins Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Collins ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Oak Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Southside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mack ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Angel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Merrellton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Piedmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cochran Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Leesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Centre
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Ball Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Cedar Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moshat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Taft
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Tucker Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Blanche
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Keener
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Yancy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Duck Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Turkeytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Coat's Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Hale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Crudup
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Whitesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Ballplay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Rock City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Langston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Section
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dutton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Boaz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hustleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Peters ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Albertville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Whitesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Rabbit Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Mid ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Rayburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Gregory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Horton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Saint Clair County
- Steele
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Menlo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flanders, see our County-by-County Page for Flanders.
Cemeteries Near Flanders ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flanders.
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 Flanders - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flanders covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Harbour Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Patrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Boyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mathis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bristow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Collinsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collinsville Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
- Gilbreath Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (434 more) ...
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kerley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kerley Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Collinsville.
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 Flanders in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flanders.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flanders, with the one closest to Flanders listed first.
- Chumley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chumley is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumley
- Tabor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tabor is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Keener
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Leonard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leonard is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Cotnam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Collinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Yancy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Slackland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slackland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
- Dawson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Duck Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Mackey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mackey is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rodentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Turkeytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Oak Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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 Flanders. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flanders.
Newspapers Published in Flanders ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flanders.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flanders, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flanders.
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 either 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 Flanders:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Chattooga 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 Flanders, 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' (or 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- Flanders) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |