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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 Gallant (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 Gallant. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Gallant is located in Etowah 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 Etowah County: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall & Saint Clair.

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

  • Etowah County     (The home county of Gallant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallant, with the one closest to Gallant listed first.
    • Clear Springs ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
    • Nix ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Nix is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
    • Altoona
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Benson ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Benson is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
    • Howelton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Walnut Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ivalee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Egypt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Aurora
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Attalla
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ridgeville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ridgeville is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Bennettsville ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Bennettsville is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
  • Blount County
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallant, with the one closest to Gallant listed first.
    • Southside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cochran Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Level
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Douthrittville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
    • Ohatchee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hebron ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Grayton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Macon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Beasley ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Beasley is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
    • Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
    • Boozer ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Boozer is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
    • Bruner ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Bruner is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
  • Cherokee County
  • Cullman County
  • DeKalb County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallant, with the one closest to Gallant listed first.
    • Ayres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Village Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
    • Clay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Masseyline
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
    • Palmerdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallant, with the one closest to Gallant listed first.
    • Reedbrake ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
    • Whitesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Douglas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Douglas is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
    • Bartlett ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bartlett is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
    • Horton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Boaz
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bowen ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bowen is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
    • Hyatt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Albertville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Big Spring ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Spring is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
    • Rabbit Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
    • Street ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Street is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
  • Morgan County
    • Hulaco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hulaco is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
  • Saint Clair County
  • Talladega County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gallant, with the one closest to Gallant listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Colony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Colony is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony

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

Cemeteries Near Gallant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gallant.

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 Gallant - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Gallant had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Clear Springs ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
  • Nix ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Nix is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
  • Stanfield ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Stanfield is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield
  • Redbud
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Redbud is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud
  • Steele
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Steele is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steele <1>
  • Howelton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Walnut Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Littleton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Littleton is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
  • Norton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Norton is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
  • Aurora
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Alice
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Alice is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
  • Bird ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bird is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Whitney
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Whitney is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Hood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hood is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
    • Attalla
      (9 miles [14.5 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 Gallant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gallant.

Newspapers Published in Gallant ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gallant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gallant, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gallant.

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 Gallant:

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>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- Gallant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Gallant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.