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 Kingswood (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 Kingswood. 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 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.
Kingswood is located in Elmore 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 Elmore County: Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Macon, Montgomery & Tallapoosa.
Below are the counties that are near Kingswood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kingswood:
- Elmore County (The home county of Kingswood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- Robinson Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Coosada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prattville Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville Junction
- Elmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deatsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Adkin Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Adkin Hill is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkin Hill
- Adkin Hill has also been known as:
- Atkins Hill
- Blue Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Holtville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holtville is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtville
- Holtville has also been known as:
- Slapout
- Wetumpka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fusihatchi ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fusihatchi is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusihatchi
- Lightwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lightwood is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightwood
- Titus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Claud
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Claud is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Autauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- Millbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Prattville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Melmar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Melmar is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmar
- Pine Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Level is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Booth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Booth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Gibbons ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gibbons is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbons
- Marbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Autaugaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- White City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Independence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Haynes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Billingsley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Bluff Dam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Bluff Dam is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bluff Dam
- Bullock County
- Mitchell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Chilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- Mountain Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Verbena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Verbena is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Clanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- Pentonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pentonville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentonville
- Equality
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Equality is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Dollar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dollar is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Nixburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nixburg is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixburg
- Rockford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Hissop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hissop is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hissop
- Dallas County
- Burnsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burnsville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- Burkville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burkville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
- Lowndesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- White Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Hall is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
- Hayneville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Letohatchee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Letohatchee is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letohatchee
- Mosses
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mosses is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Davenport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Davenport is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Petronia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Petronia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronia
- Gordonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- Tysonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tysonville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tysonville
- Shorter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Calebee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Calebee is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calebee
- Hornady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hornady is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornady
- La Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- La Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Place
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- Boylston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boylston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- New Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Gibbs Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gibbs Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Village
- Highland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Highland Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Capitol Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Capitol Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol Heights
- Montgomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Madison is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Stone's
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stone's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
- Young Forte Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Young Forte Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Forte Village
- Sunshine Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
- Catoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Catoma is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoma
- English Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Hope Hull
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- East Tallassee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Tallassee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tallassee
- Tallapoosa City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tallapoosa City is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kingswood, see our County-by-County Page for Kingswood.
Cemeteries Near Kingswood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingswood.
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 Kingswood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kingswood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Robinson Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jackson Cemetery is located in Coosada.
- The Jackson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jackson Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981539 <2>
- Bibbs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coosada Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rives Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McKeithen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Prattville Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- Chapman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Doster Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Doster Family Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Prattville.
- The Doster Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Doster Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1933351 <2>
- Mt. Hebron West Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Kingswood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kingswood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kingswood, with the one closest to Kingswood listed first.
- Robinson Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Jackson's Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson's Lake is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson's Lake
- Prattville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deatsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stone's
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stone's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
- Wetumpka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holtville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holtville is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtville
- Holtville has also been known as:
- Slapout
- Coosa River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coosa River is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa River
- Catoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Catoma is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoma
- Manack
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Manack is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manack
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wadsworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wadsworth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
- Burkville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burkville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
- McGehee's
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- McGehee's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGehee's
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kingswood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kingswood.
Newspapers Published in Kingswood ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingswood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingswood, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingswood.
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 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 Kingswood:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Elmore County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Autauga County
- Bullock County
- Chilton County
- Coosa County
- Dallas County
- Lowndes County
- Macon County
- Montgomery 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 Kingswood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Kingswood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |