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 Golddust (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 Golddust. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Golddust is located in Macon 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 Macon County: Bullock, Elmore, Lee, Montgomery, Russell & Tallapoosa.
Below are the counties that are near Golddust. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Golddust:
- Macon County (The home county of Golddust)
- The following are listed by their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Liberty City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Notasulga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hornady
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hornady is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornady
- Tuskegee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- La Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- La Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Place
- Calebee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Calebee is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calebee
- Shorter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tysonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tysonville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tysonville
- Hardaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hardaway is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardaway
- Society Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Society Hill is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Fort Davis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Armstrong
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Armstrong is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Bullock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Mitchell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Fitzpatrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Union Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Blackman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Boyds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Equality
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Equality is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Fishpond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Nixburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nixburg is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixburg
- Ray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Cottage Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Elmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Tallassee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Irma ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Irma is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Eclectic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jordan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Claud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Claud is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Ware
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ware is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Central
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Central is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Seman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seman is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seman
- Fusihatchi ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fusihatchi is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusihatchi
- Blue Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Wetumpka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hale County
- Erie ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Roxana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Loachapoka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgewood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- The Bottle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Beauregard
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Gwen Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Marvyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Chewacla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Waugh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waugh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Cecil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cecil is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Mount Meigs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Meigs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Meigs
- Sunshine Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Madison is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Pike Road
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boylston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Boylston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Russell County
- Hurtsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Reeltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reeltown is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeltown
- Tallapoosa City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tallapoosa City is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa City
- Church Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- East Tallassee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Tallassee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tallassee
- Susannah ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Susannah is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susannah
- Agricola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Agricola is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Benson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Camp Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dadeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Our Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Our Town is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Town
- Alkehatchee ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alkehatchee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkehatchee
- Jacksons' Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Golddust, see our County-by-County Page for Golddust.
Cemeteries Near Golddust ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Golddust.
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 Golddust - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Golddust covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reeltown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Macon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Notasulga City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (334 more) ...
- Pentecost Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tallassee.
- The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosehill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #25902 <2>
- Ramsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Golddust in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Golddust.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Golddust, with the one closest to Golddust listed first.
- Tallassee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chehaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chehaw is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chehaw
- Notasulga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Church Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thornton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Thornton is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Tuskegee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roxana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Kent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Loachapoka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Susannah ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Susannah is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susannah
- La Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- La Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Place
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Alliance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Good Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Shorter
(14 miles [22.5 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 Golddust. See our List of 1890's Communities around Golddust.
Newspapers Published in Golddust ...
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 Golddust.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Golddust, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Golddust.
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 helpful 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 Golddust:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Macon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bullock County
- Chambers County
- Coosa County
- Elmore County
- Hale County
- Lee County
- Montgomery County
- Russell County
- Tallapoosa 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> | 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 Golddust, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Golddust) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |