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 Helicon (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 Helicon. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Helicon is located in Crenshaw 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 Crenshaw County: Butler, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes, Montgomery & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Helicon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Helicon:
- Crenshaw County (The home county of Helicon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helicon, with the one closest to Helicon listed first.
- Petrey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Highland Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vernledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vernledge is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernledge
- Vidette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vidette is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Honoraville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Honoraville is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honoraville
- Luverne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rutledge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Social Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Social Town is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Town
- Cherokee Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Village is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Glenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Peacock ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Peacock is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Brantley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Merrill Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Merrill Mill is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Mill
- Bullock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helicon, with the one closest to Helicon listed first.
- Postoak
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Postoak is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Inverness
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Inverness is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Fitzpatrick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Mitchell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Perote
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Perote is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perote
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helicon, with the one closest to Helicon listed first.
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oaky Streak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oaky Streak is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaky Streak
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helicon, with the one closest to Helicon listed first.
- Wilkinstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkinstown is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinstown
- Jack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jack is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Zoar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zoar is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Frisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Pine Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Level is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helicon, with the one closest to Helicon listed first.
- Davenport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Davenport is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Sandy Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Letohatchee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Letohatchee is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letohatchee
- Fort Deposit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hayneville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helicon, with the one closest to Helicon listed first.
- Grady
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lapine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lapine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
- Center Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Ramer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ada is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Pine Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Level is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Red Level
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Red Level is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Pintlala
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pintlala is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pintlala
- Former name for Pintlala:
- Colquitt
- Pike Road
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hope Hull
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- English Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Cecil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Catoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Catoma is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoma
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helicon, with the one closest to Helicon listed first.
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Ansley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ansley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
- Wingard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wingard is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingard
- Youngblood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Youngblood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Meeksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Meeksville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeksville
- Orion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Orion is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Hallsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hallsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Goshen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- McClure Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McClure Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Town
- Needmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Troy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Mossy Grove Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mossy Grove Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Grove Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Helicon, see our County-by-County Page for Helicon.
Cemeteries Near Helicon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Helicon.
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 Helicon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Helicon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Helicon, with the one closest to Helicon listed first.
- Hudson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Petrey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Head Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sanders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stephens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Springfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belsor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fannin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Helicon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Helicon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Helicon, with the one closest to Helicon listed first.
- Bradleyton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bradleyton is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyton
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Petrey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Ansley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ansley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
- Grady
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lapine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lapine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
- Wingard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wingard is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingard
- Highland Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saville is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saville
- Live Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Live Oak is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Patsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patsburg is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patsburg
- Center Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Naftel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Naftel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naftel
- Strata
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strata is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strata
- Ramer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Helicon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Helicon.
Newspapers Published in Helicon ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Helicon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Helicon, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Helicon.
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 Helicon:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Crenshaw County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bullock County
- Butler County
- Coffee County
- Lowndes County
- Montgomery County
- Pike 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 Helicon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Helicon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |