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 Gold Hill (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 Gold Hill. 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 Gold Hill ...
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.
Another variation: Goldhill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Gold Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gold Hill.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Gold Hill is located in Cleburne 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 Cleburne County: Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Randolph, Talladega, Carroll (GA), Haralson (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Gold Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gold Hill:
- Cleburne County (The home county of Gold Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Heflin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ai
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Micaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Hollis Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Edwardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hightower
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Abel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Ranburne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fruithurst
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Muscadine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Grantley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Iron City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Choccolocco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- De Armanville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- White Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Friendship
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Anniston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oxanna
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Blue Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Spring Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Tecumseh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Rock Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Delta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Crossroad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Elder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Barfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Lineville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cragford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Erin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Ashland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Mellow Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Morrison Crossroad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Newell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Milner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Cambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Rockdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Christiana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Woodland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Ofelia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Wedowee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Corbin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Kentuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Silver Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Coldwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Grant Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McElderry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Ironaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Bowdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Jonesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Mount Zion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tyus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Bowdon Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Roopville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carrollton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Temple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Waco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waco is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
- Tabernacle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Bremen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Buchanan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Felton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Ephesus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Yates Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Roosterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Frolona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Esom Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Etna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gold Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Gold Hill.
Cemeteries Near Gold Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gold Hill.
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 Gold Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gold Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Greens Chapel Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beason Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fordham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Happy Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Evans Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wise Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heflin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ai Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (391 more) ...
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hepsabah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Ranburne.
- The Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crumbleys Chapel Cemetery
- Crumley's Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254824 <2>
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 Gold Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gold Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
- Belltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belltown is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Heflin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Micaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Chulafinnee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chulafinnee is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulafinnee
- Hightower
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Abernathy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Abernathy is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Edwardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Iron City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Abel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Newell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Lofty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lofty is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Choccolocco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Milner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Delta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gold Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gold Hill.
Newspapers Published in Gold Hill ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gold Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gold Hill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gold Hill.
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 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 Gold Hill:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Randolph County
- Talladega County
- Carroll County
- Haralson County
- Heard 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gold Hill) 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 Gold Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |