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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 Harkins Crossroads (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 Harkins Crossroads. 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 Harkins Crossroads ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Harkins Crossroads: Harkins Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Harkins Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Harkins Crossroads may originally have been Harkin's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Harkins Crossroads might be written as Harkin Crossroads.

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 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 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.

Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County.

To see how the shape of Alabama's counties 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 Harkins Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harkins Crossroads:

  • Clay County     (The home county of Harkins Crossroads)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harkins Crossroads, with the one closest to Harkins Crossroads listed first.
    • Friendship
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Chinnabee ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chinnabee have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
      • Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
    • Bynum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hobson City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobson City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
      • Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
    • Oxford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Eastaboga
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastaboga have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastaboga
      • Eastaboga is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastaboga <2>
    • Cobb Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobb Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
      • Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
    • De Armanville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Armanville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
      • De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
    • Eulaton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Anniston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Oxanna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oxanna. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
      • Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Oxanna
      • From Harkins Crossroads to Oxanna
    • Blue Eye ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Eye have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
      • Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
  • Chambers County
  • Cleburne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harkins Crossroads, with the one closest to Harkins Crossroads listed first.
    • Abel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
      • Abel is located in Cleburne County
    • Hollis Crossroads
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Micaville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Coosa County
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harkins Crossroads, with the one closest to Harkins Crossroads listed first.
    • Almond
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
      • Almond is located in Randolph County
    • Ofelia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ofelia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
      • Ofelia is located in Randolph County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ofelia
      • From Harkins Crossroads to Ofelia
    • Christiana
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Malone Ferry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malone Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
      • Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
    • Wadley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wadley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadley
      • Wadley is located in Randolph County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadley <2>
    • Forester Chapel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Wedowee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Milner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Milner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
      • Milner is located in Randolph County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Milner
      • From Harkins Crossroads to Milner
    • Peavy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Rockdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Corbin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Corbin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
      • Corbin is located in Randolph County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Corbin
      • From Harkins Crossroads to Corbin
    • Cambridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Talladega County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harkins Crossroads, with the one closest to Harkins Crossroads listed first.
    • Chandler Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ironaton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waldo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Waldo is located in Talladega County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
    • Abihka ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abihka have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
      • Abihka is located in Talladega County
    • Rendalia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • McElderry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Talladega
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sycamore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Sycamore is located in Talladega County
    • Kentuck
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kentuck. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
      • Kentuck is located in Talladega County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kentuck
      • From Harkins Crossroads to Kentuck
    • Oldfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Winterboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
      • Winterboro is located in Talladega County
    • Grant Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
      • Grant Town is located in Talladega County
  • Tallapoosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harkins Crossroads, with the one closest to Harkins Crossroads listed first.
    • Goldville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hackneyville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Cowpens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • New Site
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Emuckfaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emuckfaw have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
      • Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Daviston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Truett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Truett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
      • Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Truett
      • From Harkins Crossroads to Truett
    • Frog Eye
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Alexander City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexander City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander City
      • Alexander City is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,142 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexander City <2>
    • Matilda
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matilda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
      • Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jacksons' Gap
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Alkehatchee ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alkehatchee have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkehatchee
      • Alkehatchee is located in Tallapoosa County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harkins Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Harkins Crossroads.

Cemeteries Near Harkins Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harkins Crossroads.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harkins Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harkins Crossroads, with the one closest to Harkins Crossroads listed first.

  • Old Liberty Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Liberty Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Liberty Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Liberty Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Big Springs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Prospect Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Prospect Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Prospect Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Field Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Field Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lystra Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lystra Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lystra Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ashland City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ashland City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ashland City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Millerville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millerville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (322 more) ...
    • Old Noles Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Noles Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Noles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Brown Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Wilsons Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilsons Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilsons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Harkins Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harkins Crossroads.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Harkins Crossroads, with the one closest to Harkins Crossroads listed first.

  • Ashland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Millerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bluff Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
    • Bluff Springs is located in Clay County
  • Gibsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Gibsonville is located in Clay County
  • Mellow Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lineville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Chandler Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hatchet Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatchet Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Creek
    • Hatchet Creek is located in Clay County
  • Goldville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hackneyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cowpens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • New Site
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Emuckfaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emuckfaw have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
      • Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Ironaton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waldo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Waldo is located in Talladega County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harkins Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harkins Crossroads.

Newspapers Published in Harkins Crossroads ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harkins Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harkins Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harkins Crossroads.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Harkins Crossroads:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harkins Crossroads. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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 Harkins Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Harkins Crossroads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harkins Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2310, Longitude: -85.8675    









 

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