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 Hollingsworth (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 Hollingsworth. 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.
Hollingsworth 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 Hollingsworth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hollingsworth:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Hollingsworth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Nances Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Merrellton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Jacksonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Booker T City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Booker T City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T City
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Angel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Piedmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Blue Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Ball Flat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Spring Garden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Exie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Rock Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Tecumseh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Moshat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Noah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Elder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Delta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Grantley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Oak Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Fruithurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Muscadine
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Ai
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Abel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Hopewell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Banner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Cobb City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Hokes Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glencoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Burns Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Hale ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- East Gadsden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Edwardsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Morrison Crossroad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Milner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Ragland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Steele
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Coldwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Kentuck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Silver Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McElderry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Lincoln
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (GA)
- Jake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Floyd County (GA)
- Cave Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Budapest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Felton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Esom Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Etna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Cedartown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hollingsworth, see our County-by-County Page for Hollingsworth.
Cemeteries Near Hollingsworth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hollingsworth.
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 Hollingsworth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hollingsworth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Rabbittown Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nances Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whites Gap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Community Congregational Holiness Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wellborn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCain's Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCain's Chapel Cemetery
- The McCain's Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- McCain Cemetery
- McCain's Chapel Methodist Cemetery
- McCain's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24288 <2>
- Boozer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williamson - Little Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (320 more) ...
- Munger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tredagar - Boozer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fourmile Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hollingsworth in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hollingsworth.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hollingsworth, with the one closest to Hollingsworth listed first.
- Jenkins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Jacksonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nances Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Merrellton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- White Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Grantley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Piedmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Ladiga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ladiga is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiga
- Colvins Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Mack ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Alexandria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Iron City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hollingsworth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hollingsworth.
Newspapers Published in Hollingsworth ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hollingsworth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hollingsworth, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hollingsworth.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hollingsworth:
- 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
- Floyd County
- Haralson County
- Polk 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> | 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 Hollingsworth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Hollingsworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |