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 Glasgow Corner (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 Glasgow Corner. 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 Glasgow Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Glasgow Corner: Glasgow Cor. (or less commonly used: Glasgow Crn.)
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 southwest 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 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.
Glasgow Corner is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Colbert, Lawrence, Marion, Winston, Itawamba (MS) & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Glasgow Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glasgow Corner:
- Franklin County (The home county of Glasgow Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- Belgreen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Rockwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Spruce Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Hodges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burntout
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phil Campbell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Churntown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Vina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vina is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Pleasant Site
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Red Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- Denton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Littleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- White House Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Red Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Spring Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Bishop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Cherokee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tuscumbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Cypress Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Florence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Mars Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Bainbridge ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Mount Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Edmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Hatton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Muck City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- Hackleburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Bear Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Weston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Thornhill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Pikeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pikeville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Stinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stinson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Brilliant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Twin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Twin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Yampertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yampertown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yampertown
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- Haleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Boar Tush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Pebble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Delmar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Glen Mary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Mary is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mary
- Ashridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashridge is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashridge
- Natural Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Itawamba County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- Bounds Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Eastman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Tremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Prentiss County (MS)
- Burton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- Golden
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dennis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Tishomingo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oldham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Paden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glasgow Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Glasgow Corner.
Cemeteries Near Glasgow Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glasgow Corner.
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 Glasgow Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glasgow Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- New Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mountain Home Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Friendship Cemetery
- The Old Friendship Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friendship Cemetery
- Walden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Welch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belgreen Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belgreen Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Belgreen.
- The Belgreen Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belgreen Cemetery
- Old Belgreen Cemetery
- Lawler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moorman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the southwest of Russellville.
- Pounders - Quinn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Belgreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Belgreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Belgreen Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Belgreen.
- Continue List (635 more) ...
- Old Nauvoo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lawler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quinn Memorial Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Glasgow Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glasgow Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glasgow Corner, with the one closest to Glasgow Corner listed first.
- Belgreen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Rockwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Isbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Isbell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Spruce Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Frankfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Hackleburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Denton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Waco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Pleasant Site
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Bear Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Littleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Red Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Goddard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goddard is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glasgow Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glasgow Corner.
Newspapers Published in Glasgow Corner ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glasgow Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glasgow Corner, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glasgow Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Glasgow Corner:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Winston County
- Itawamba County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glasgow Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Glasgow Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |