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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 Goodway (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 Goodway. 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.

Goodway is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia & Wilcox.

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

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Goodway)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodway, with the one closest to Goodway listed first.
    • Megargel
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Uriah
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Frisco City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Excel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Excel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excel
      • Excel is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Ollie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ollie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
      • Ollie is located in Monroe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ollie
      • From Goodway to Ollie
    • Mexia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mexia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
      • Mexia is located in Monroe County
    • Perdue Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Monroeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeville
      • Monroeville is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,623 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroeville <1>
    • Claiborne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Claiborne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
      • Claiborne is located in Monroe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Claiborne
      • From Goodway to Claiborne
    • Mount Pleasant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Peterman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Finchburg ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Finchburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchburg
      • Finchburg is located in Monroe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Finchburg
      • From Goodway to Finchburg
    • Burnt Corn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Baldwin County
  • Clarke County
  • Conecuh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodway, with the one closest to Goodway listed first.
    • Range
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Repton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
      • Repton is located in Conecuh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Repton <1>
    • Lenox
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenox have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
      • Lenox is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenox <1>
    • Bermuda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Belleville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
      • Belleville is located in Conecuh County
    • Castleberry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleberry
      • Castleberry is located in Conecuh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
    • Sparta ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sparta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Sparta is located in Conecuh County
      • Sparta has also been known as:
      • Old Sparta
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sparta
      • From Goodway to Sparta
    • Ramah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jay Villa ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Nymph
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Escambia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodway, with the one closest to Goodway listed first.
    • Huxford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hammac
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hammac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
      • Hammac is located in Escambia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hammac
      • From Goodway to Hammac
    • Atmore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Flomaton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Brewton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pollard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pollard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
      • Pollard is located in Escambia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • East Brewton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Brewton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brewton
      • East Brewton is located in Escambia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,326 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Brewton <1>
    • Riverview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
      • Riverview is located in Escambia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
  • Escambia County (FL)

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

Cemeteries Near Goodway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodway.

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 Goodway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goodway, with the one closest to Goodway listed first.

  • Sowell Old Field Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sowell Old Field Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sowell Old Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Enon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coleman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coleman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Uriah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Uriah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Uriah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baas Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Poplar Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poplar Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sampey Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sampey Community Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sampey Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huxford Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huxford Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huxford Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (195 more) ...
    • Excel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Excel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Excel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Semirah Springs Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Semirah Springs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Semirah Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mothershed Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mothershed Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mothershed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Goodway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goodway.

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

  • Range
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Repton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
    • Repton is located in Conecuh County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Repton <1>
  • Perdue Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Monroeville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeville
    • Monroeville is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroeville <1>
  • Barlow Bend
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barlow Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
    • Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Barlow Bend
    • From Goodway to Barlow Bend
  • Claiborne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Claiborne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
    • Claiborne is located in Monroe County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Claiborne
    • From Goodway to Claiborne
  • Wallace
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Wallace is located in Escambia County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Little River
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Bermuda
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gainestown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gainestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
    • Gainestown is located in Clarke County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Gainestown
    • From Goodway to Gainestown
  • Hammac
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hammac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
    • Hammac is located in Escambia County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hammac
    • From Goodway to Hammac
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Axle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Axle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axle
      • Axle is located in Monroe County
    • Belleville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
      • Belleville is located in Conecuh County
    • Gosport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gosport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosport
      • Gosport is located in Clarke County

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

Newspapers Published in Goodway ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodway.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goodway, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goodway.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Goodway:

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

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<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 Goodway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Goodway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Goodway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3370, Longitude: -87.4246    









 

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