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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Keel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Keel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Keel, 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 Keel (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 Keel. 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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Keel is historic, it would have been located within present day Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Keel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keel:
- Marshall County (The home county of Keel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Columbus City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Columbus City Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- North ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Mid ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Guntersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <2>
- Rayburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Warrenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Wyeth City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wyeth City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth City
- Union Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- McLarty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Bright Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Brooksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Highmound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Birdie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Craig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Snead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clarence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Susan Moore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Joppa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baileyton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Holly Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Grove Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Rogers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Chigger Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Hix ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hix is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Gibson Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gibson Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Crossroads
- Geraldine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Luttrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Luttrell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Rains ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Crossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Floy ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Sardis City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Greer ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Mountainboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Whitesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Carlisle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Yancy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Aspel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Langston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lim Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Larkinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Pleasant Groves
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Trenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Section
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Scottsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Swancott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- New Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Gurley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Big Cove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Whitesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- English Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Brownsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Greenwycke Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Chelsea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Ryland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Morgan City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Briscoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Lacey's Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Ryan Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Hulaco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Valhermoso Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Florette
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Winton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Eva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keel, see our County-by-County Page for Keel.
Cemeteries Near Keel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keel.
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 Keel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Click Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cochrane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kirkland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Whittaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ashburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Humpton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Panquin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Manning Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Manning Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Manning Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Guntersville.
- The Manning Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roden Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2507544 <4>
- Willis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Troup Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (755 more) ...
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- The Walker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebron Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26911 <4>
- Honeycomb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Troup Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
Keel 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 Keel, with the one closest to Keel listed first.
- Bucksnort
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bucksnort is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
- Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nebo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nebo is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Cottonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cottonville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- New Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Henryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Henryville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Manchester is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- North ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Swearengin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Swearengin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swearengin
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lowe ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lowe is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Meltonsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meltonsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltonsville
- Mid ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Owens' Cross Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Keel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keel.
Newspapers Published in Keel ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keel, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keel.
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 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 Keel:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Morgan 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 Keel, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |