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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 Headland (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 Headland. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Headland is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Barbour, Dale, Houston, Clay (GA) & Early (GA).

Below are the counties that are near Headland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Headland:

  • Henry County     (The home county of Headland)
  • Barbour County
  • Coffee County
  • Dale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Headland, with the one closest to Headland listed first.
    • Grimes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Napier Field
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Napier Field is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier Field
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
    • Midland City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pinckard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bertha
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ewell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Newton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Newton is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
    • Mabson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clopton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Clopton is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Skipperville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Skipperville is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipperville
    • Ozark
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Arguta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Geneva County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Headland, with the one closest to Headland listed first.
    • Malvern
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Slocomb
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dundee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellwood is located in Geneva County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Headland, with the one closest to Headland listed first.
    • Kinsey
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Kinsey is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
    • Webb
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Webb is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,479 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webb <1>
    • Tidwell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Tidwell is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
    • Dothan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cowarts
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Parish
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Barber
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Williams
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Williams is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
    • Avon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Avon is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
    • Ashford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Parker Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Parker Village is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Village
  • Holmes County (FL)
  • Jackson County (FL)
  • Clay County (GA)
  • Early County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Headland, with the one closest to Headland listed first.
    • Rock Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Rock Hill is located in Early County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 248 people
    • Sawhatchee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Blakely
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Centerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Jakin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jakin is located in Early County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jakin <1>
    • Springfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Springfield is located in Early County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,084 people
    • Bancroft
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Bancroft is located in Early County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Hentown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Hentown is located in Early County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
  • Miller County (GA)

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

Cemeteries Near Headland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Headland.

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 Headland - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Headland had a population of 417 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Headland had a population of 4,748 people.

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

  • Tidwell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Tidwell is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
  • Balkum
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Balkum is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balkum
  • Midland City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Barber
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Echo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Ashford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bertha
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ewell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Newton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Newton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
  • Hardwickburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardwickburg is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwickburg
  • Keyton's
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Abbeville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Asbury
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Asbury is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
    • Clopton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Clopton is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Skipperville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Skipperville is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipperville

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Headland ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Headland.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Headland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Headland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Headland.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Headland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Headland:

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 Headland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Headland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.