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 Greensport Ferry (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 Greensport Ferry. 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 and doctors 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.
Greensport Ferry is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, Shelby & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Greensport Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greensport Ferry:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Greensport Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Ragland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Steele
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whitney Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Coal City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Wattsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seddon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Saint Clair Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Avondale Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Branchville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Odenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pell City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Straight Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Appalachian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Highland Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Taits Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Bird ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Hoods Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Oneonta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fridays Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Wynnville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Clarence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Snead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Susan Moore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Allgood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Cochran Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Southside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ohatchee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Oak Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Macon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Clark ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Ball Flat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Leesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Spring Garden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Abel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Grantley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Heflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Rodentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Rains ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Cotnam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Pilgrims Rest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Rainbow City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Attalla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cobb City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Glencoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Alabama City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- Gadsden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Bennettsville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bennettsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Black Creek Falls ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Black Creek Falls is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Falls
- Jefferson County
- Ayres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Whitesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Boaz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Douglas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Horton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Albertville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Coldwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Colony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Grant Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Silver Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Munford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Windsong Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- McElderry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Kentuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Talladega
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ironaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greensport Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Greensport Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Greensport Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greensport Ferry.
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 Greensport Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greensport Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Green Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Heald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ten Island Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ohatchee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ragan Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Middleton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crooks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Box Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morning Star Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Greensport Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greensport Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greensport Ferry, with the one closest to Greensport Ferry listed first.
- Ottery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ottery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottery
- Francis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Francis is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Ohatchee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Markton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Etowahton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Etowahton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowahton
- Grayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Peek's Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peek's Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek's Hill
- Hood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hood is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Macon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Ragland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Morrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Duke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Duke is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greensport Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greensport Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Greensport Ferry ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greensport Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greensport Ferry, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greensport Ferry.
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 Greensport Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Marshall County
- Talladega 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 Greensport Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greensport Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |