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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 Foxwood Trace (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 Foxwood Trace. 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 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.

Foxwood Trace is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Autauga, Bullock, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon & Pike.

Below are the counties that are near Foxwood Trace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Foxwood Trace:

  • Montgomery County     (The home county of Foxwood Trace)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.
    • Mount Meigs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Meigs is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Meigs
    • Waugh
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Waugh is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
    • Pike Road
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cecil
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Cecil is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
    • Sunshine Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
    • Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Madison is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Capitol Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Capitol Heights is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol Heights
    • Montgomery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Boylston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Boylston is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
    • New Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • New Town is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • English Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • English Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • Gibbs Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Gibbs Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Village
  • Autauga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.
    • Millbrook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Prattville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Melmar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Melmar is located in Autauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmar
    • Pine Level
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Level is located in Autauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
    • Booth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Booth is located in Autauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
  • Bullock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.
    • Mitchell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mitchell is located in Bullock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
    • Fitzpatrick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fitzpatrick is located in Bullock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
    • Union Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Postoak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Postoak is located in Bullock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
  • Coosa County
    • Equality
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Equality is located in Coosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
  • Crenshaw County
  • Elmore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.
    • Fusihatchi ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Fusihatchi is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusihatchi
    • Ware
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ware is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
    • Blue Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
    • Wetumpka
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Prattville Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville Junction
    • Claud
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Claud is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
    • Coosada
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elmore
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Tallassee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Robinson Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
    • Eclectic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Adkin Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Adkin Hill is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkin Hill
      • Adkin Hill has also been known as:
      • Atkins Hill
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.
    • Burkville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Burkville is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
    • Davenport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Davenport is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
    • Letohatchee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Letohatchee is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letohatchee
    • Sandy Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • Hayneville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Lowndesboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.
    • Tysonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Tysonville is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tysonville
    • Shorter
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Calebee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Calebee is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calebee
    • La Place
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • La Place is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Place
    • Hardaway
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Hardaway is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardaway
    • Hornady
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hornady is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornady
    • Franklin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Davis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Tuskegee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Armstrong
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Armstrong is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Liberty City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty City is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
    • Notasulga
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.
    • Kent
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Kent is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Orion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Orion is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
    • Meeksville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Meeksville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeksville
  • Tallapoosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.
    • East Tallassee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • East Tallassee is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tallassee
    • Tallapoosa City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tallapoosa City is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa City
    • Reeltown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Reeltown is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeltown
    • Church Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Foxwood Trace, see our County-by-County Page for Foxwood Trace.

Cemeteries Near Foxwood Trace ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foxwood Trace.

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 Foxwood Trace - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Foxwood Trace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.

  • Ray Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Gilder Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Pinkston Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Grace Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Ashurst Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mt. Meigs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mount Meigs.
    • The Antioch Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lucas Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21263 <2>
  • Perrys Mill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mathis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (311 more) ...
    • Brighter Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Manning Springs / McDade Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Freeman Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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 Foxwood Trace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Foxwood Trace.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Foxwood Trace, with the one closest to Foxwood Trace listed first.

  • Mount Meigs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Meigs is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Meigs
  • Perry's Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Perry's Mill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry's Mill
  • Pike Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Barachias
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Barachias is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barachias
  • Ware
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ware is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
  • Montgomery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Shorter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Snowdoun
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Snowdoun is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowdoun
  • Tharin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Tharin is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharin
  • Cross Keys
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cross Keys is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Hope Hull
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Le Grand
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Le Grand is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Grand
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Jackson's Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jackson's Lake is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson's Lake
    • McGehee's
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • McGehee's is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGehee's
    • Wetumpka
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Foxwood Trace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foxwood Trace.

Newspapers Published in Foxwood Trace ...

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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foxwood Trace.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foxwood Trace, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Foxwood Trace.

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 helpful 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 Foxwood Trace:

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 Foxwood Trace, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Foxwood Trace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.