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 Hawk Pride (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 Hawk Pride. 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 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.
Hawk Pride is located in Colbert 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 Colbert County: Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Hawk Pride. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hawk Pride:
- Colbert County (The home county of Hawk Pride)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- White House Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Tuscumbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Sheffield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Florence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Littleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Spring Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Muscle Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Denton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Russellville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Belgreen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Rockwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Pleasant Site
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Spruce Pine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Burntout
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Churntown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Phil Campbell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hodges
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Bay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vina is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Cypress Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Bainbridge ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Mars Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Jacksonburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Saint Florian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Cloverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Threet
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Bailey Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Springs
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Edmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Town Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hatton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Mount Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Red Bank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Wheeler Dam Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Courtland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Courtland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Bear Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hackleburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Prentiss County (MS)
- Burton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Oldham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Iuka
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Midway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Tishomingo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Golden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Paden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Short
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Holcut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Burnsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Iron City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Saint Joseph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rascal Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Corning ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hawk Pride, see our County-by-County Page for Hawk Pride.
Cemeteries Near Hawk Pride ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hawk Pride.
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 Hawk Pride - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hawk Pride covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Keeton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Bethel Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Donley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sherrod Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pride Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Basden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Guy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (656 more) ...
- Huff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Byrd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Hawk Pride in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hawk Pride.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hawk Pride, with the one closest to Hawk Pride listed first.
- Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
- Tuscumbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Sheffield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Frankfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Smithsonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smithsonia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsonia
- Littleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- South Florence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Spring Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cherokee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Denton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hawk Pride. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hawk Pride.
Newspapers Published in Hawk Pride ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawk Pride.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hawk Pride, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hawk Pride.
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 websites either 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 Hawk Pride:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Colbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Lawrence County
- Wayne 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 Hawk Pride, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hawk Pride) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |