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 Fowlers Crossroads (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 Fowlers Crossroads. 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 Fowlers Crossroads ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Fowlers Crossroads: Fowlers Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Fowlers Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fowlers Crossroads may originally have been Fowler's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fowlers Crossroads might be written as Fowler Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fowlers Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fowlers Crossroads.
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.
Fowlers Crossroads is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Fowlers Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fowlers Crossroads:
- Fayette County (The home county of Fowlers Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlers Crossroads, with the one closest to Fowlers Crossroads listed first.
- Bazemore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bazemore is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazemore
- Bankston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bankston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Glen Allen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Allen is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Berry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rossland City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rossland City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
- Alta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Fayette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Kirkland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kirkland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bluff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Gu - Win
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gu - Win is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gu - Win
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Belk
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Belk is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlers Crossroads, with the one closest to Fowlers Crossroads listed first.
- Beaverton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Hightogy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hightogy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy
- Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sulligent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Millport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlers Crossroads, with the one closest to Fowlers Crossroads listed first.
- Rock City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Winfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brilliant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Twin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Twin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Yampertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yampertown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yampertown
- Guin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stinson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Pikeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pikeville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Thornhill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Hamilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens County
- Lubbub
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lubbub is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubbub
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlers Crossroads, with the one closest to Fowlers Crossroads listed first.
- New Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Lexington is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Samantha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlers Crossroads, with the one closest to Fowlers Crossroads listed first.
- Eldridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kansas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Carbon Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Townley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Townley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townley
- Patton Junction ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Patton Junction is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Coal Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coal Valley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Patton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Patton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Prospect
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Slicklizzard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slicklizzard is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slicklizzard
- Oakman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oakman is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Former names for Oakman:
- Day's Gap
- Marietta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakman <2>
- Nauvoo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlers Crossroads, with the one closest to Fowlers Crossroads listed first.
- Farriss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Farriss is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farriss
- Lynn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lynn is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Natural Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glen Mary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glen Mary is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mary
- Delmar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Falls City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Falls City is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Boar Tush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boar Tush is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boar Tush
- Boar Tush has also been known as:
- Boar Tusk
- Boartush
- Boartusk
- Double Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Slick Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slick Ford is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Ford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fowlers Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Fowlers Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Fowlers Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fowlers Crossroads.
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 Fowlers Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fowlers Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fowlers Crossroads, with the one closest to Fowlers Crossroads listed first.
- New Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dobbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Enis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Johnson School House Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (616 more) ...
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McCollum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Fowlers Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fowlers Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fowlers Crossroads, with the one closest to Fowlers Crossroads listed first.
- Stough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stough is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stough
- Bankston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bankston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Eldridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Texas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Texas is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Glen Allen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Allen is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Kansas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Berry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Corona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Winfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Townley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Townley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Patton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Patton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Coal Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coal Valley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Wayside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wayside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fowlers Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fowlers Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Fowlers Crossroads ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fowlers Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fowlers Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fowlers Crossroads.
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 Fowlers Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lamar County
- Marion County
- Pickens County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Walker County
- Winston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fowlers Crossroads, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fowlers Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |