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 Gravelly Springs (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 Gravelly Springs. 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 Gravelly Springs ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Gravelly Springs: Gravelly Spgs. (or less commonly used: Gravelly Spngs. or Gravelly Sprngs.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County: Colbert, Lawrence, Limestone, Tishomingo (MS), Giles (TN), Hardin (TN), Lawrence (TN) & Wayne (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Gravelly Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gravelly Springs:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Gravelly Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Threet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- McGee Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cypress Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Jacksonburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Mars Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Zip City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Florence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Saint Florian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Cherokee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Sheffield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Florence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Tuscumbia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Pleasant Site
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Belgreen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Russellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burntout
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Rockwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Edmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Glens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Jacinto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Prentiss County (MS)
- Burton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Oldham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Iuka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Short
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Burnsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Holcut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Paden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Lowryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Bruton Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Pyburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Nash Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Nixon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Hamburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Belle Meade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Iron City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Saint Joseph
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rascal Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Westpoint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Loretto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McNairy County (TN)
- Tulu
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Lutts
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Collinwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Corning ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gravelly Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Gravelly Springs.
Cemeteries Near Gravelly Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gravelly Springs.
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 Gravelly Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gravelly Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burnstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherrod Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Milford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dowdy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sharp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Noel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (720 more) ...
- Athens City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rowell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Gravelly Springs had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gravelly Springs, with the one closest to Gravelly Springs listed first.
- Rhodesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodesville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodesville
- Wright
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wright is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Smithsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smithsonia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsonia
- Oakland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Kendell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kendell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendell
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stout
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stout is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Barton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Barton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
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- Cypress Inn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Margerum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Margerum is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
- Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gravelly Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gravelly Springs.
Newspapers Published in Gravelly Springs ...
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 Gravelly Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gravelly Springs, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gravelly Springs.
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 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 Gravelly Springs:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Lawrence County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Hardin County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Gravelly Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gravelly Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |