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 Hendrix (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 Hendrix. 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 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.
Hendrix is located in Blount 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 Blount County: Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, Marshall, Saint Clair, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Hendrix. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hendrix:
- Blount County (The home county of Hendrix)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Fridays Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Bird ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Clarence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Susan Moore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Royal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Hoods Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Wynnville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Rosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosa is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Craig
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Taits Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Southside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cochran Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Oak Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Ohatchee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Holly Pond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Baileytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Baileyton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Hanceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Joppa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Simcoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- East Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Black Bottom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rains ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Rodentown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Rogers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Altoona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Gallant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Howelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Benson ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Greer ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Egypt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Ivalee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Mountainboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Masseyline
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Ayres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Trafford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Village Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
- Palmerdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Palmerdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerdale
- Clay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bradford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Crosston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crosston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosston
- Majestic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Kimberly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Breakstone Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Douglas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Horton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Hyatt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Whitesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Askea Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Street ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Arab
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Boaz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Hulaco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Apple Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Eva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Briscoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Florette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Morgan City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Whitney Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Steele
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Argo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Branchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Odenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Margaret
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Ragland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wattsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hendrix, see our County-by-County Page for Hendrix.
Cemeteries Near Hendrix ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hendrix.
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 Hendrix - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hendrix covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Painter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the north of Oneonta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23519 <3>
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lamb Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Clarence
- Daileys Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bynum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blackwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbs Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (392 more) ...
- Valley View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graves Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Hendrix in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hendrix.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hendrix, with the one closest to Hendrix listed first.
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Bird ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Clarence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Royal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Wynnville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Tappan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tappan is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Oneonta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Snead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Cleveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Champion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Champion is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Nix ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Highmound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Bright Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hendrix. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hendrix.
Newspapers Published in Hendrix ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hendrix.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hendrix, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hendrix.
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 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 Hendrix:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Saint Clair 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> | 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- Hendrix) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hendrix, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |