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 Hardwick (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 Hardwick. 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 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.
Hardwick 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 Hardwick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hardwick:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Hardwick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
- Branchville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Odenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wattsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Coal City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Saint Clair Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Margaret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turnbough Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Cook's Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Avondale Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Glen City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Argo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
- Appalachian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Straight Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Highland Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Remlap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allgood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Dale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Compton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Oneonta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Taits Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Dallas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Little Warrior
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Selfville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Macon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Eastaboga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ohatchee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Cochran Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Morrisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Bynum
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Nix ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Gallant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Altoona
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Pilgrims Rest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Rainbow City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Attalla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ivalee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Benson ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
- Ayres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Breakstone Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Leeds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Cahaba Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Clay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Trussville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lola City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Scott City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Grayson Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Grayson Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson Valley
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
- Dunnavant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Dunavant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Vandiver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calcis
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Sterrett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Harpersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bridgeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Westover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Lake Purdy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Meadowbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Chelsea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
- Colony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Lincoln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windsong Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Logan Martin Dam
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- East Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Talladega
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coldwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Grant Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McElderry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hardwick, see our County-by-County Page for Hardwick.
Cemeteries Near Hardwick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardwick.
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 Hardwick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hardwick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
- Karr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Branchville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Clair Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Arrow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harkeys Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Popes Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Low Gap Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boykin Truitt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Hardwick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hardwick.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
- Odenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Branchville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Coal City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Cook's Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Pell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Caldwell is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Argo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Brompton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Seddon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Springville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Cropwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hardwick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hardwick.
Newspapers Published in Hardwick ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardwick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hardwick, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hardwick.
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 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 Hardwick:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Shelby 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> | 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 Hardwick, 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' (or 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- Hardwick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |