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 Hicks (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 Hicks. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Hicks 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 Hicks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hicks:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Hicks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Friendship
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- De Armanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Oxford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hobson City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Oxanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Choccolocco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Anniston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Blue Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Eulaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Spring Garden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Ball Flat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Elder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Haynes Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Delta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Erin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Lineville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harkins Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Chambers Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Mellow Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Millerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Abel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Heflin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Micaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Edwardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Ai
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Hightower
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Hopewell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Fruithurst
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Grantley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Muscadine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Oak Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Cobb City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Glencoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Hokes Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Banner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Burns Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Rainbow City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Christiana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Milner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Morrison Crossroad
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Ofelia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Cambridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Newell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Rockdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Wedowee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Corbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Malone Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Ragland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Seddon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Avondale Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Coal City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Cropwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Glen City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wattsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Kentuck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Silver Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Grant Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- McElderry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Ironaton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Waldo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chandler Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Talladega
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windsong Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Carroll County (GA)
- Bowdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haralson County (GA)
- Tallapoosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hicks, see our County-by-County Page for Hicks.
Cemeteries Near Hicks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hicks.
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 Hicks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hicks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oconee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Oxford.
- The Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Antioch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1786988 <2>
- Union Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forestlawn Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oxford Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Hicks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hicks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- De Armanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Oxford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kentuck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Abel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Oxanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Anniston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Choccolocco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Chulafinnee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chulafinnee is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulafinnee
- Silver Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Blue Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Iron City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Eulaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Jenifer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jenifer is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenifer
- Hopeful
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopeful is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hicks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hicks.
Newspapers Published in Hicks ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hicks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hicks, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hicks.
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 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 Hicks:
- 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
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hicks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hicks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |