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 Flatwood (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 Flatwood. 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 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.
Flatwood is located in Choctaw 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 Choctaw County: Clarke, Marengo, Sumter, Washington, Clarke (MS), Lauderdale (MS) & Wayne (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Flatwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flatwood:
- Choctaw County (The home county of Flatwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flatwood, with the one closest to Flatwood listed first.
- Womack Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Bladon Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bladon Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladon Springs
- Silas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolinger
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bolinger is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolinger
- Souwilpa
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Souwilpa is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souwilpa
- Cullomburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cullomburg is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullomburg
- Gilbertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Toxey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Toxey is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Aquilla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aquilla is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Emory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Emory is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Isney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Isney is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isney
- Okatuppa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Okatuppa is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okatuppa
- Needham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Needham is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flatwood, with the one closest to Flatwood listed first.
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- West Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Coffeeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Salitpa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Morvin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Morvin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morvin
- Winn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winn is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Zimco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- Stave Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek
- Toddtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toddtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
- Glover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glover is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Grove Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flatwood, with the one closest to Flatwood listed first.
- Putnam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Barrons ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrons is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrons
- Nanafalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Aimwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aimwell is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aimwell
- Sweet Water
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flatwood, with the one closest to Flatwood listed first.
- Frankville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Millry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Healing Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Bigbee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Mehaffey ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mehaffey is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehaffey
- Barlow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Copeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Copeland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Saint Stephen's
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chatom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hobson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hobson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
- Bassetts Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bassetts Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassetts Creek
- Leroy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leroy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Wagarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clarke County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flatwood, with the one closest to Flatwood listed first.
- Junction City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Junction City is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Gin ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gin is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin
- Shubuta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shubuta is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- De Soto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Greene County (MS)
- State Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Wayne County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flatwood, with the one closest to Flatwood listed first.
- Matherville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Matherville is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Robinsons Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Robinsons Junction is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Junction
- Chicora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chicora is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicora
- Waynesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clara
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clara is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flatwood, see our County-by-County Page for Flatwood.
Cemeteries Near Flatwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flatwood.
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 Flatwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flatwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flatwood, with the one closest to Flatwood listed first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barrytown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coopers Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bladon Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Womack Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moores Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gilbertown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Springbank Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- Singley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cullomburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullomburg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cullomburg Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Cullomburg.
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the White Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Cullomburg
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 Flatwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flatwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flatwood, with the one closest to Flatwood listed first.
- Womack Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Silas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Souwilpa
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Souwilpa is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souwilpa
- Rescueville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rescueville is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescueville
- West Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Coffeeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Koenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Koenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenton
- Aquilla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aquilla is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Frankville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Cunningham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cunningham is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Lusk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lusk is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Healing Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Millry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ararat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ararat is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Emory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Emory is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flatwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flatwood.
Newspapers Published in Flatwood ...
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 Flatwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flatwood, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flatwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Flatwood:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Choctaw County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Marengo County
- Washington County
- Clarke County
- Greene 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 Flatwood, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flatwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |