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 Kahatchee (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 Kahatchee. 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.
Kahatchee is located in Talladega 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 Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Kahatchee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kahatchee:
- Talladega County (The home county of Kahatchee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahatchee, with the one closest to Kahatchee listed first.
- Fayetteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fayetteville is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Childersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Talladega Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Talladega Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talladega Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Comerdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Comerdale is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comerdale
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Bon Air
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Gantts Quarry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gantts Quarry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantts Quarry
- Mignon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mignon is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mignon
- Sylacauga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oldfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Sycamore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Alpine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahatchee, with the one closest to Kahatchee listed first.
- Jumbo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jumbo is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Jemison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thorsby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahatchee, with the one closest to Kahatchee listed first.
- Hollins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Chambers Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Millerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Erin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahatchee, with the one closest to Kahatchee listed first.
- Stewartville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Weogufka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Dollar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dollar is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Goodwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hissop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hissop is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hissop
- Kellyton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Pentonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pentonville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentonville
- Cottage Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Ray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahatchee, with the one closest to Kahatchee listed first.
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Leeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cahaba Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Cahaba Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Landing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Landing
- Hoover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lola City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- McCombs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Mountain Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Vestavia Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Brook Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahatchee, with the one closest to Kahatchee listed first.
- Vincent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Cropwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brompton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Cook's Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Glen City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Woodland Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Moody
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- 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 <1>
- Pell City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Seddon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Acmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kahatchee, with the one closest to Kahatchee listed first.
- Wilsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harpersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Merrell Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Merrell Beach is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrell Beach
- Pine Grove Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Village
- Shelby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Westover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Calcis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Chelsea
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sterrett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vandiver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shoal Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Calera
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tallapoosa County
- Hackneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kahatchee, see our County-by-County Page for Kahatchee.
Cemeteries Near Kahatchee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kahatchee.
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 Kahatchee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kahatchee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kahatchee, with the one closest to Kahatchee listed first.
- Kahatchee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Heaslet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ft. Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rhoden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rhoden Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Childersburg
- Childersburg City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Heaton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bradford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Talladega Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- Wallace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chancellor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Kahatchee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kahatchee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kahatchee, with the one closest to Kahatchee listed first.
- Fayetteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fayetteville is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Wilsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Talladega Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Talladega Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talladega Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Childersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Zubers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Harpersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sylacauga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oldfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Shelby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marble Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marble Valley is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
- Columbiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vincent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stewartville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Sycamore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Weogufka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kahatchee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kahatchee.
Newspapers Published in Kahatchee ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kahatchee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kahatchee, 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 Kahatchee.
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 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 Kahatchee:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chilton County
- Clay County
- Coosa County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Tallapoosa 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 Kahatchee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kahatchee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |