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 Greenwood (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 Greenwood. 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.
Greenwood is located in Etowah 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 Etowah County: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall & Saint Clair.
Below are the counties that are near Greenwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwood:
- Etowah County (The home county of Greenwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Keener
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Yancy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Duck Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Wilsonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Anderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Turkeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Crudup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Coat's Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Whitesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Hale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Reece City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reece City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Highmound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Snead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McLarty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Wynnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Bird ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Bright Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Clarence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Craig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Susan Moore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Taits Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Fridays Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Colvins Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Oak Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Southside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Collins ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Mack ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Angel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Cochran Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Leesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Anderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Moshat
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Cedar Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Taft
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Cotnam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Rodentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Collinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Dawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Rains ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Geraldine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Floy ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Rock City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Langston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Section
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Dutton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Boaz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Albertville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Peters ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Whitesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Rabbit Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Horton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Gregory
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Douglas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Steele
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Ashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chattooga County (GA)
- Chattoogaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwood, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwood.
Cemeteries Near Greenwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwood.
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 Greenwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bristow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Patrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Duck Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belchers Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mathis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Greenwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Keener
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Tabor
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tabor is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Yancy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Duck Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Chumley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chumley is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumley
- Brice
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brice is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Avery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Crudup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Upton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Upton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Turkeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oak Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Slackland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Slackland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
- Leonard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leonard is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwood.
Newspapers Published in Greenwood ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwood, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Greenwood:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Etowah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Chattooga 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 Greenwood, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |