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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Keys Chapel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Keys Chapel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Keys Chapel, 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 Keys Chapel (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 Keys Chapel. 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 Keys Chapel ...
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.
While the name of this community is Keys Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Keys Chapel may originally have been Key's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Keys Chapel might be written as Key Chapel.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Keys Chapel. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Keys Chapel.
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 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 Keys Chapel is historic, it would have been located within present day Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County: Colbert, Lawrence, Limestone, Tishomingo (MS), Giles (TN), Hardin (TN), Lawrence (TN) & Wayne (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Keys Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keys Chapel:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Keys Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Zip City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Jacksonburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Pruitton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Arnot
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Arnot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
- Saint Florian
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Mars Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Bailey Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Springs
- McGee Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Atlas is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Green Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Threet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Bainbridge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Wilson Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- South Florence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Sheffield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Muscle Shoals
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ford City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Tuscumbia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nitrate City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Leighton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Franklin County
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Red Bank
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Edmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Town Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Courtland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Courtland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Hatton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Lester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lester is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lentzville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Oldham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Short
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Iuka
(30 miles [48.3 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 <3>
- Giles County (TN)
- Minor Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Lowryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Bruton Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Iron City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Saint Joseph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rascal Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Westpoint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Loretto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Busby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Leoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Appleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Lawrenceburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flatwoods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- New Prospect
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Corning ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Collinwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Lutts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keys Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Keys Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Keys Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keys Chapel.
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 Keys Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keys Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parsonage Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Richardson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chisholm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nolen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paulk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Simmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Underwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenview Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (730 more) ...
- Emaline Stutts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Powell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Mt. Bethel 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.
While we didn't find Keys Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Keys Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Keys Chapel, with the one closest to Keys Chapel listed first.
- Webster ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Jacksonburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Pruitton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Saint Florian
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Mars Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Bailey Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Springs
- Iron City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Light ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Light is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Green Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Florence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wayland Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland Springs is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Springs
- Cypress Inn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Keys Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keys Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Keys Chapel ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keys Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keys Chapel, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keys Chapel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Keys Chapel:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Tishomingo County
- Giles County
- Hardin County
- Lawrence 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 Keys Chapel, 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> | 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. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Keys Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |