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 Harmony (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 Harmony. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Harmony is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Saint Clair & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Harmony. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harmony:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Harmony)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Choccolocco
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- De Armanville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Iron City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Anniston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oxanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- White Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Saks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saks is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saks
- Oxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Spring Garden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Ball Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Rock Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Exie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Tecumseh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Elder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Delta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Barfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Erin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Lineville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Cragford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harkins Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Heflin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Abel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Edwardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Micaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Ai
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Fruithurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Grantley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Hopewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Muscadine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Oak Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Hightower
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Cobb City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Glencoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Markton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Banner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Hokes Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Burns Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Ballplay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- East Gadsden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Rainbow City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Christiana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Milner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Morrison Crossroad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Newell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Ofelia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Cambridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Rockdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Graham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Woodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wedowee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Sewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Ragland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seddon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Kentuck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Silver Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Grant Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- McElderry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Ironaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Lincoln
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Waldo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Talladega
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Colony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Bowdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Jonesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Mount Zion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Budapest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tabernacle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Waco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Esom Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Etna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harmony, see our County-by-County Page for Harmony.
Cemeteries Near Harmony ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harmony.
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 Harmony - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harmony covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- New Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Prospect Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Choccolocco
- Davistown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Iron City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forestlawn Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hanna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Harmony in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harmony.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Choccolocco
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- De Armanville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Iron City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Anniston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oxanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Oxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Abel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Belltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belltown is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Heflin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Blue Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Chulafinnee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chulafinnee is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulafinnee
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Kentuck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Jenkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jenkins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Leatherwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harmony. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harmony.
Newspapers Published in Harmony ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harmony.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harmony, 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 Harmony.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Harmony:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Etowah County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Carroll County
- Haralson County
- Polk 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 Harmony, 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' (or 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- Harmony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |