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 Gunthertown (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 Gunthertown. 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.
Gunthertown is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega & Tallapoosa.
Below are the counties that are near Gunthertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gunthertown:
- Clay County (The home county of Gunthertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Erin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Chambers Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Lineville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elder
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Millerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Barfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Haynes Crossroad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Delta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mellow Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Cragford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Bynum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Eastaboga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hobson City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Friendship
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Eulaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Anniston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oxanna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- De Armanville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Chambers County
- Abanda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Abel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Micaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Heflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Goodwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Stewartville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Kellyton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Christiana
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Ofelia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Milner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Almond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Malone Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Morrison Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Rockdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Wedowee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Forester Chapel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Wadley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Seddon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Cropwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Glen City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Avondale Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Vincent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ragland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Calcis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Harpersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sterrett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Ironaton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Chandler Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Waldo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- McElderry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Talladega
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Munford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grant Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Kentuck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Rendalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Silver Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Coldwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Hackneyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Goldville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Cowpens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Emuckfaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- New Site
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Daviston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Truett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gunthertown, see our County-by-County Page for Gunthertown.
Cemeteries Near Gunthertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gunthertown.
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 Gunthertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gunthertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Providence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clairmont Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Burgess Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seay Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lackey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Springhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Campbell Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Stockdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Noles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Horns Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Gunthertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gunthertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gunthertown, with the one closest to Gunthertown listed first.
- Ironaton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Chandler Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Waldo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Smelley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smelley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelley
- McElderry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Hopeful
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hopeful is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Talladega
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Munford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hatchet Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchet Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Creek
- Berney's
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Berney's is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berney's
- Rendalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Millerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Lineville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Turner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turner is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gunthertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gunthertown.
Newspapers Published in Gunthertown ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gunthertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gunthertown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gunthertown.
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 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 Gunthertown:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Chambers County
- Cleburne County
- Coosa County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Talladega 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> | 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 Gunthertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Gunthertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |