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 Happy Hollow (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 Happy Hollow. 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 Happy Hollow ...
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 Happy Hollow: Happy Holw. (or less commonly used: Happy Hlw. or Happy Hllw.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Happy Hollow. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Happy Hollow.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Happy Hollow 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 Happy Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Happy Hollow:
- Etowah County (The home county of Happy Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Hollow, with the one closest to Happy Hollow listed first.
- Ridgeville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Bennettsville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bennettsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Alabama City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- Attalla
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Benson ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Ivalee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Black Creek Falls ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Black Creek Falls is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Falls
- Gadsden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reece City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reece City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
- Egypt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Howelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Carlisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Hollow, with the one closest to Happy Hollow listed first.
- Bird ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Snead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wynnville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Highmound
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Taits Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Clarence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Fridays Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Hoods Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Susan Moore
(19 miles [30.6 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
- McLarty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Appalachian
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Craig
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Hollow, with the one closest to Happy Hollow listed first.
- Southside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Cochran Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Colvins Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Ohatchee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Mack ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Wellington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Hollow, with the one closest to Happy Hollow listed first.
- Ball Flat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Leesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Rock
(23 miles [37 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
- Centre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Moshat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Tucker Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Hollow, with the one closest to Happy Hollow listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rodentown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Rains ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Crossville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cotnam
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Collinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Dawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Geraldine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whiton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Chigger Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Hollow, with the one closest to Happy Hollow listed first.
- Boaz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whitesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Douglas
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Albertville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Hyatt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Rabbit Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Hollow, with the one closest to Happy Hollow listed first.
- Steele
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Ashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ragland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Wattsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Coal City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Branchville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Springville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Odenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Talladega County
- Lincoln
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Happy Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Happy Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Happy Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Happy Hollow.
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 Happy Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Happy Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Happy Hollow, with the one closest to Happy Hollow listed first.
- Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McCartney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Noble Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rainbow Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alabama City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ivalee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brasher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Butler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Southern Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Southern Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Gadsden.
- The Southern Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sixth Street Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297800 <2>
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 Happy Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Happy Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Happy Hollow, with the one closest to Happy Hollow listed first.
- Norton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Norton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Attalla
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Littleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Littleton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Stanfield ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stanfield is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield
- Gadsden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Howelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Crudup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Avery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Etowahton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Etowahton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowahton
- East Gadsden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Mountainboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Upton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Upton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Brice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brice is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Happy Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Happy Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Happy Hollow ...
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 Happy Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Happy Hollow, 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 Happy Hollow.
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 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 Happy Hollow:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Etowah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- DeKalb County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair 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 Happy Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Happy Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |