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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ingleton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ingleton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ingleton, 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 Ingleton (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 Ingleton. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Ingleton is historic, it would have been located within present day Colbert 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 Colbert County: Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Ingleton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ingleton:
- Colbert County (The home county of Ingleton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Cherokee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Bishop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Denton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Sheffield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Pleasant Site
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Belgreen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Burntout
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Red Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Vina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Vina is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- McGee Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Threet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Cypress Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Cloverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Jacksonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Saint Florian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Zip City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Jacinto
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Searcy Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Rienzi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Burton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Altitude
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- New Site
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Oldham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Iuka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <2>
- Midway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Short
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Paden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burnsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holcut
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Dennis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Golden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Bruton Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Lowryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Nash Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Pyburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Hamburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Shiloh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County (TN)
- Iron City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Tulu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Lutts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Collinwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ingleton, see our County-by-County Page for Ingleton.
Cemeteries Near Ingleton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ingleton.
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 Ingleton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ingleton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Garrett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pride Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rutland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Malone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Canaan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Athens City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morris Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (659 more) ...
- Crenshaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carytown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen Baptist Church 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.
Ingleton itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ingleton, with the one closest to Ingleton listed first.
- Margerum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Margerum is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
- Cherokee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Smithsonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Smithsonia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsonia
- Riverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
- Wright
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wright is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gravelly Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Springs
- Bishop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Rhodesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodesville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodesville
- Iuka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <2>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Maud
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maud is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ingleton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ingleton.
Newspapers Published in Ingleton ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ingleton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ingleton, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ingleton.
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 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 Ingleton:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Colbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Hardin County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Wayne 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 Ingleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ingleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |