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 Flat Rock (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 Flat Rock. 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 Flat Rock ...
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.
Another variation: Flatrock.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Flat Rock. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flat Rock.
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 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.
Flat Rock is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: DeKalb, Madison, Marshall, Dade (GA), Franklin (TN) & Marion (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Flat Rock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flat Rock:
- Jackson County (The home county of Flat Rock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Higdon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eliza
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eliza is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Central
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- New Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Browns Valley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Haynes Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes Crossing is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossing
- Stevenson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
- Bryant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fackler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fackler is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fackler
- Gray ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Grover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- New Moon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Blanche
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Broomtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Taft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Ider
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cartersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cartersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Beaty Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beaty Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Crossroads
- Henagar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Kaolin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaolin is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin
- Hammondville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hammondville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammondville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Valley Head
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mentone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvania
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvania is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,860 people
- Bankhead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Catoosa County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Blue Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Blue Spring is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring
- Fort Oglethorpe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Newnan Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newnan Springs is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newnan Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 41,581 people
- Boynton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Boynton is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Dafron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dafron is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dafron
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,294 people
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Cloudland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Menlo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Trion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trion is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trion <1>
- Pennville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Berryton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lyerly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dade County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Stewart Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Rising Fawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cole City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cole City is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole City
- Population from the 2010 Census: 127 people
- Morganville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morganville is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,835 people
- Wildwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walker County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Cassandra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cassandra is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Durham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durham is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,257 people
- Thompsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Thompsonville is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,528 people
- Kensington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bronco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bronco is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- Chattanooga Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chattanooga Valley is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga Valley
- Moons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moons is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
- Chickamauga
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- LaFayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fantasy Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fantasy Hills is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fantasy Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 316 people
- Flintstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 192 people
- Franklin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Anderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Sal City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Hamilton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Lookout Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Elmo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Elmo is located in Hamilton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Tiftonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tiftonia is located in Hamilton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiftonia
- Lake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Village is located in Hamilton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Valley Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Village is located in Hamilton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Village
- Chattanooga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milbro Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milbro Heights is located in Hamilton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milbro Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,834 people
- Ridgedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgedale is located in Hamilton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
- East Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midvale is located in Hamilton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Orchard Knob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Knob is located in Hamilton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knob
- Signal Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Signal Hills is located in Hamilton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Hills
- Marion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Richard City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Richard City is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- New Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- South Pittsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Orme
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Orme is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Vulcan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Vulcan is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Whiteside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteside is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Kimball
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Comfort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Comfort is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flat Rock, see our County-by-County Page for Flat Rock.
Cemeteries Near Flat Rock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flat Rock.
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 Flat Rock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flat Rock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pritchett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Weldon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Chapel Cemetery
- The Beulah Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beulah Chapel MB Church Cemetery
- Beulahs Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Steele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fuller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Newby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (511 more) ...
- Pannell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Swafford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cagle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Flat Rock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flat Rock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Ider
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fabius
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fabius is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Rosalie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosalie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
- Higdon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Rising Fawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henagar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stevenson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wannville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wannville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wannville
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Kaolin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaolin is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Trenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
- Fackler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fackler is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fackler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flat Rock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flat Rock.
Newspapers Published in Flat Rock ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flat Rock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flat Rock, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flat Rock.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Flat Rock:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- DeKalb County
- Catoosa County
- Chattooga County
- Dade County
- Walker County
- Franklin County
- Hamilton County
- Marion 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 Flat Rock, 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- Flat Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |