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 Fleming Hills (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 Fleming Hills. 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 doctors and 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.
Fleming Hills 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 Fleming Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fleming Hills:
- Madison County (The home county of Fleming Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Chelsea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- English Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Greenwycke Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Big Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Whitesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Rideout Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Berkley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Chase
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Normal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Joppa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Baileyton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Paint Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hollytree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Lim Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Pleasant Groves
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Aspel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Larkinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Baileytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Swancott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Capshaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Westlake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Belle Mina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Mooresville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Center Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Country Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Harris Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Tanner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Union Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Grant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Grassy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Hog Jaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Scant City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Arab
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Columbus City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- North ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Lacey's Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Valhermoso Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Briscoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Winton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Somerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Apple Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Florette
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Priceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Burningtree Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Decatur
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Ardmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Cash Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Howell Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Camargo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Corder Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Flintville
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Park City Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fleming Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Fleming Hills.
Cemeteries Near Fleming Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fleming Hills.
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 Fleming Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fleming Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Sivley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Donegan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lanier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Drake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McDonnell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Matkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan - Lanier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fennil Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (960 more) ...
- Jordan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lacey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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 Fleming Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fleming Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fleming Hills, with the one closest to Fleming Hills listed first.
- Haden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haden is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Whitesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berkley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Talucah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Talucah is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talucah
- Mercury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Triana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Lowe ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lowe is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Brownsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Monrovia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Swancott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Valhermoso Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fleming Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fleming Hills.
Newspapers Published in Fleming Hills ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fleming Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fleming Hills, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fleming Hills.
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 Fleming Hills:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lincoln 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 Fleming Hills, 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- Fleming Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |