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 Gnatville (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 Gnatville. 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 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.
Gnatville is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Calhoun, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Chattooga (GA), Floyd (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Gnatville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gnatville:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Gnatville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Ball Flat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Spring Garden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Exie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Moshat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Rock Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Centre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Noah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Collins ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Colvins Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Merrellton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Nances Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Dailey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Angel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Mack ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Borden Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Grantley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Palestine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Oak Level
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Fruithurst
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Heflin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Muscadine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Ai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Hopewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Abel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Collinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Dog Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Cotnam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Dawson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Rodentown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Adamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Crossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Banner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Ballplay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Hale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Hokes Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Coat's Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Cobb City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Edwardsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Glencoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burns Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Marshall County
- Boaz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair County
- Steele
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chattooga County (GA)
- Chattoogaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Cave Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Robealou Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Brice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Felton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tallapoosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Budapest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tabernacle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Esom Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Etna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grady is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gnatville, see our County-by-County Page for Gnatville.
Cemeteries Near Gnatville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gnatville.
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 Gnatville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gnatville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sardis Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taylors Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goshen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goshen Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Piedmont.
- The Goshen Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goshen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1413181 <2>
- Farmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Littlejohn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (378 more) ...
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Memorial Garden
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Gnatville had a population of 82 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gnatville, with the one closest to Gnatville listed first.
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Reaves
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reaves is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reaves
- Piedmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ladiga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ladiga is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiga
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Spring Garden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Colvins Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Plano
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plano is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Pleasant Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Gap is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Exie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Merrellton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Nances Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Bomar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bomar is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomar
- Moshat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gnatville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gnatville.
Newspapers Published in Gnatville ...
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 Gnatville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gnatville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gnatville.
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 Gnatville:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Chattooga County
- Floyd County
- Haralson County
- Polk 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Gnatville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gnatville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |