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 Gladstone (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 Gladstone. 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 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 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.
Gladstone 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 Gladstone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gladstone:
- Madison County (The home county of Gladstone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladstone, with the one closest to Gladstone listed first.
- Meridianville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Madison Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Hazel Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Toney
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harvest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Moore's Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Normal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Key's Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Elkwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Chase
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Mercury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladstone, with the one closest to Gladstone listed first.
- Hollytree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Princeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Francisco
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Trenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Paint Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Estillfork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Pleasant Groves
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Baileytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Lim Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Cumberland Mountain Farm Colony ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladstone, with the one closest to Gladstone listed first.
- Center Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Caro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Capshaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Ardmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Country Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Hay's Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Pettusville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elkmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Belle Mina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladstone, with the one closest to Gladstone listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Lacey's Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Valhermoso Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Winton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Morgan City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Decatur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Priceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Briscoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Somerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Moulton Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Simpson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Austinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Burningtree Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Franklin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladstone, with the one closest to Gladstone listed first.
- Huntland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Lexie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Garner Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladstone, with the one closest to Gladstone listed first.
- Ardmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Wheelerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Prospect
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Aymett Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Stella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Green Field
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladstone, with the one closest to Gladstone listed first.
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Cash Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Camargo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Howell Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Coldwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Park City Heights
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Molino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Corder Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Clarks Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Pearl City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Flintville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Dellrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County (TN)
- Delina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gladstone, see our County-by-County Page for Gladstone.
Cemeteries Near Gladstone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gladstone.
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 Gladstone - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gladstone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gladstone, with the one closest to Gladstone listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Strong - Douglas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gladstone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hammond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hereford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Griffie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stewart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Murphy Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Continue List (1250 more) ...
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beaverdam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Nance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Gladstone had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gladstone, with the one closest to Gladstone listed first.
- Meridianville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Madison Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Jeff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Cluttsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cluttsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluttsville
- Monrovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Moore's Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Fisk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fisk is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Mercury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Key's Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Huntsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bell Factory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bell Factory is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Factory
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Deposit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deposit is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deposit
- Caro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gladstone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gladstone.
Newspapers Published in Gladstone ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gladstone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gladstone, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gladstone.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Gladstone:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Morgan County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall 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 Gladstone, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gladstone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |