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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 Glenwood (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 Glenwood. 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 hospitals 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.

Glenwood is located in Crenshaw County.

To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crenshaw County: Butler, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes, Montgomery & Pike.

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

  • Crenshaw County     (The home county of Glenwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
    • Social Town
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Social Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Town
      • Social Town is located in Crenshaw County
    • Vidette
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vidette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
      • Vidette is located in Crenshaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vidette
      • From Glenwood to Vidette
    • Peacock ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peacock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
      • Peacock is located in Crenshaw County
    • Luverne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brantley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brantley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantley
      • Brantley is located in Crenshaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brantley <3>
    • Bullock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
      • Bullock is located in Crenshaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bullock
      • From Glenwood to Bullock
    • Rutledge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rutledge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rutledge
      • From Glenwood to Rutledge
    • Cherokee Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
      • Cherokee Village is located in Crenshaw County
    • Petrey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petrey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
      • Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Merrill Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Leon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Crenshaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Leon
      • From Glenwood to Leon
    • Dozier
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dozier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
      • Dozier is located in Crenshaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dozier <3>
    • Honoraville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Barbour County
  • Bullock County
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
    • Oaky Streak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Industry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Industry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
      • Industry is located in Butler County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Industry
      • From Glenwood to Industry
    • Greenville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Coffee County
  • Covington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
    • Rose Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rose Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
      • Rose Hill is located in Covington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rose Hill
      • From Glenwood to Rose Hill
    • Antioch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gantt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gantt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantt
      • Gantt is located in Covington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
    • Babbie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Babbie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbie
      • Babbie is located in Covington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
    • County Line
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for County Line have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
      • County Line is located in Covington County
    • Opp
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Heath
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Heath is located in Covington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Sanford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
      • Sanford is located in Covington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Beulah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
      • Beulah is located in Covington County
    • Horn Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horn Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
      • Horn Hill is located in Covington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Andalusia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • River Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for River Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
      • River Falls is located in Covington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to River Falls
      • From Glenwood to River Falls
  • Dale County
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
    • Sandy Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Davenport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
      • Davenport is located in Lowndes County
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
    • Lapine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lapine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
      • Lapine is located in Montgomery County
    • Center Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Grady
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grady have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Grady is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grady <3>
    • Ramer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Pine Level
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Ada
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
    • Goshen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Henderson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Henderson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
      • Henderson is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Henderson
      • From Glenwood to Henderson
    • Hallsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hallsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
      • Hallsville is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hallsville
      • From Glenwood to Hallsville
    • Centre Ridge ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centre Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Ridge
      • Centre Ridge is located in Pike County
    • Wingard
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wingard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingard
      • Wingard is located in Pike County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wingard
      • From Glenwood to Wingard
    • Mossy Grove Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mossy Grove Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Grove Village
      • Mossy Grove Village is located in Pike County
    • Youngblood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ansley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Troy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tarentum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • McClure Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McClure Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Town
      • McClure Town is located in Pike County
    • Kent
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Kent is located in Pike County
    • Meeksville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Glenwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenwood.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood 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.<6>

While we didn't find Glenwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glenwood.

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

  • Vidette
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vidette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
    • Vidette is located in Crenshaw County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Vidette
    • From Glenwood to Vidette
  • Peacock ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peacock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
    • Peacock is located in Crenshaw County
  • Henderson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Henderson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
    • Henderson is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Henderson
    • From Glenwood to Henderson
  • Hallsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hallsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
    • Hallsville is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hallsville
    • From Glenwood to Hallsville
  • Luverne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Brantley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brantley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantley
    • Brantley is located in Crenshaw County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brantley <3>
  • Bullock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
    • Bullock is located in Crenshaw County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bullock
    • From Glenwood to Bullock
  • Patsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patsburg
    • Patsburg is located in Crenshaw County
  • Little Oak
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oak
    • Little Oak is located in Pike County
  • Rutledge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rutledge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Rutledge
    • From Glenwood to Rutledge
  • Live Oak
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Live Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
    • Live Oak is located in Crenshaw County
  • Wingard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wingard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingard
    • Wingard is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Wingard
    • From Glenwood to Wingard
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Petrey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petrey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
      • Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Leon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Crenshaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Leon
      • From Glenwood to Leon
    • Troy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Glenwood ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenwood, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenwood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Glenwood:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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- Glenwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6660, Longitude: -86.1710    
<6>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 Glenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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