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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 Hokes Bluff Ferry (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 Hokes Bluff Ferry. 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.
Name Variations for Hokes Bluff Ferry ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Hokes Bluff Ferry: Hokes Blf. Ferry (or less commonly used: Hokes Bluf. Ferry)
- While the name of this community is Hokes Bluff Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hokes Bluff Ferry may originally have been Hoke's Bluff Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hokes Bluff Ferry might be written as Hoke Bluff Ferry.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Hokes Bluff Ferry is located in Etowah 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 Etowah County: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall & Saint Clair.
Below are the counties that are near Hokes Bluff Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry:
- Etowah County (The home county of Hokes Bluff Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Hokes Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Edwardsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Glencoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burns Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- East Gadsden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Coat's Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Anderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Cobb City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Banner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Turkeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Ballplay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Bird ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Taits Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Wynnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Appalachian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Highmound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Hoods Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Snead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Straight Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Colvins Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Oak Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Mack ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Collins ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Southside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Angel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Wellington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Merrellton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Ball Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Leesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Spring Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Sand Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Exie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Noah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Grantley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Borden Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Oak Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Heflin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Collinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cotnam
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rodentown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Crossville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Mount Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Rains ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dog Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Geraldine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Boaz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Albertville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Horton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Hustleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Peters ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Rabbit Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Hyatt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Steele
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ragland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Coldwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Esom Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Hokes Bluff Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Hokes Bluff Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hokes Bluff Ferry.
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 Hokes Bluff Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hokes Bluff Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- New Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Union Hill UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery
- Trinity Christian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172971 <3>
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tillison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Landers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crestwood Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (363 more) ...
- Owens Memorial Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hughes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Hokes Bluff Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hokes Bluff Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hokes Bluff Ferry, with the one closest to Hokes Bluff Ferry listed first.
- Hokes Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Gadsden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Coat's Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Colvins Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Reaves
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reaves is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reaves
- Laney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Laney is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Upton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Turkeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Gadsden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Oak Hill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Brice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brice is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mack ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Tabor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tabor is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Markton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hokes Bluff Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hokes Bluff Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Hokes Bluff Ferry ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hokes Bluff Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hokes Bluff Ferry, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hokes Bluff Ferry.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Hokes Bluff Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Etowah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hokes Bluff Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Hokes Bluff Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |