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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hunters Glen. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hunters Glen to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hunters Glen, please Contact Us.
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 Hunters Glen (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 Hunters Glen. 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 Hunters Glen ...
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 Hunters Glen: Hunters Gln.
- While the name of this community is Hunters Glen, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Hunters Glen may originally have been Hunter's Glen.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hunters Glen might be written as Hunter Glen.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hunters Glen. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hunters Glen.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hunters Glen is historic, it would have been located within present day Shelby 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 Shelby County: Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Jefferson, Saint Clair & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Hunters Glen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hunters Glen:
- Shelby County (The home county of Hunters Glen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Pelham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Springs Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
- Alabaster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Falliston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falliston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
- Helena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tacoa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Saginaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saginaw is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Siluria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Siluria is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siluria
- Brantleyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brantleyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantleyville
- Maylene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tulse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tulse is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
- Bamford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bamford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Eddings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eddings is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddings
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Seymour
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Brierfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Belle Ellen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Ellen is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ellen
- Nash Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nash Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Town
- Ashby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ashby is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Green Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Woodstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Italian Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Italian Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Town
- Blocton Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blocton Junction is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton Junction
- Blocton Junction has also been known as:
- Blockton Junc
- Blocton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton
- Blount County
- Dale ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Chilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Jemison
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jumbo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Thorsby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Coosa County
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Hoover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shannon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shannon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Vestavia Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
- Oxmoor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oxmoor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxmoor
- Cahaba Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Homewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ishkooda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ishkooda is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ishkooda
- Bessemer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Lipscomb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,110 people
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Vincent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Woodland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Brompton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Moody
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <3>
- Acmar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Parsons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Cook's Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Talladega Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Talladega Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talladega Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Childersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fayetteville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Bon Air
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- East Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Logan Martin Dam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Comerdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Comerdale is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comerdale
- Oak Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
- Zubers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Gantts Quarry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gantts Quarry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantts Quarry
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Tannehill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Lake View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Abernant
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Abernant is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernant
- Vance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bull City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Kellerman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kellerman is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerman
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Quinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hunters Glen, see our County-by-County Page for Hunters Glen.
Cemeteries Near Hunters Glen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunters Glen.
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 Hunters Glen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hunters Glen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Oldham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Deerhurst Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pelham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Acton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Southern Heritage Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Heritage Cemetery
- The Southern Heritage Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rideout Southern Heritage Cemetery
- Ridout Southern Heritage Cemetery
- Cumberland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- David Lindsay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roach Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Siluria Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- Benten Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ozley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Hunters Glen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hunters Glen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hunters Glen, with the one closest to Hunters Glen listed first.
- Pelham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tacoa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Falliston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falliston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
- Helena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Siluria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Siluria is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siluria
- Longview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Longview is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Tulse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tulse is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
- Maylene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morgan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Bamford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bamford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Oxmoor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oxmoor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxmoor
- Dogwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ware
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Sloss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sloss is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloss
- Gurnee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gurnee is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurnee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hunters Glen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hunters Glen.
Newspapers Published in Hunters Glen ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunters Glen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunters Glen, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hunters Glen.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Hunters Glen:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Blount County
- Chilton County
- Coosa County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Walker County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hunters Glen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Hunters Glen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |