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 Friendship (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 Friendship. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Friendship is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Tallapoosa, Carroll (GA), Heard (GA) & Troup (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Friendship. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Friendship:
- Randolph County (The home county of Friendship)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Peavy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Forester Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Malone Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Roanoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Wadley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wedowee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Corbin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Almond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- High Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Rock Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Ofelia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Clackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Red Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Abanda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Milltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Doublehead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Penton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Stroud
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Chapel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Five Points
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Evansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Motley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Cragford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Barfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Lineville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Haynes Crossroad
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Harkins Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Elder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Millerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Erin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Micaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Hightower
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Ranburne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hollis Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Abel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Truett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Daviston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frog Eye
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Emuckfaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Matilda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Goldville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Dudleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- New Site
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Cowpens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Jacksons' Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Hackneyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Tyus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Bowdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roopville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- O'Neals Crossroad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Glenn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Frolona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Yates Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Houston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Ephesus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Roosterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Centralhatchee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Evansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Lake Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Graysons Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Sunny Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Rockwell Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- North West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- LaGrange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Asta Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Friendship, see our County-by-County Page for Friendship.
Cemeteries Near Friendship ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Friendship.
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 Friendship - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Friendship covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Swan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knight Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wildcat Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wadley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abanda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abanda Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Abanda.
- Midway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Malone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (425 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Friendship in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Friendship.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Forester Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Cornhouse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornhouse is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornhouse
- Louina
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Louina is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louina
- Malone Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Roanoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Almond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Truett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Milltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Doublehead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Wedowee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- High Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Potash
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Potash is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potash
- Haywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haywood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Bosworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Friendship. See our List of 1890's Communities around Friendship.
Newspapers Published in Friendship ...
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 Friendship.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Friendship, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Friendship.
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 Friendship:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Tallapoosa County
- Carroll County
- Heard County
- Troup 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 Friendship, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Friendship) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |