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 Kings 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 Kings 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 Kings 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 Kings Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kings Chapel may originally have been King's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kings Chapel might be written as King 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 southeast 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 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.
Kings Chapel 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 Kings Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kings Chapel:
- Talladega County (The home county of Kings Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Chapel, with the one closest to Kings Chapel listed first.
- East Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Logan Martin Dam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Childersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Winterboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Bon Air
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Rendalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Zubers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Sycamore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Talladega
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Comerdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Comerdale is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comerdale
- Blount County
- Dale ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Chapel, with the one closest to Kings Chapel listed first.
- Eastaboga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Bynum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Macon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Eulaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Cobb Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Hobson City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Chapel, with the one closest to Kings Chapel listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Hollins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Erin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Millerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Chapel, with the one closest to Kings Chapel listed first.
- Stewartville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Mount Olive
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Weogufka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Goodwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Chapel, with the one closest to Kings Chapel listed first.
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Leeds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Lola City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- McCombs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Roper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Alton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Breakstone Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Rock Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Weems
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weems is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- Cahaba Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cahaba Landing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Landing
- Cahaba Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Chapel, with the one closest to Kings Chapel listed first.
- Vincent
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Cropwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glen City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Cook's Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Seddon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Brompton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Moody
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Chapel, with the one closest to Kings Chapel listed first.
- Harpersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calcis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Sterrett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vandiver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Dunavant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Wilsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnavant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Shoal Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Chelsea
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Lake Purdy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Columbiana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kings Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Kings Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Kings Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kings 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 Kings Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kings Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kings Chapel, with the one closest to Kings Chapel listed first.
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Reynolds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Raley Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Masters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Arkwright Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Church Cemetery
- The Arkwright Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arkwright Cemetery
- Baker Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hepzibah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- Macedonia North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vincent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Kings Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kings Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kings Chapel, with the one closest to Kings Chapel listed first.
- East Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Vincent
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harpersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Renfroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Renfroe is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Childersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Lowery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lowery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowery
- Wolf Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Rendalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Berney's
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Berney's is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berney's
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Stemley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stemley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemley
- Sterrett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Zubers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kings Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kings Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Kings 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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kings Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kings Chapel, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kings Chapel.
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 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 Kings Chapel:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Coosa County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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). |
| <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- Kings Chapel) 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. |
| <5> | 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 Kings Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |