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 Kymulga (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 Kymulga. 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 hospitals and 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.
Kymulga 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 Kymulga. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kymulga:
- Talladega County (The home county of Kymulga)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kymulga, with the one closest to Kymulga listed first.
- Alpine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Winterboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- East Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Bon Air
(5 miles [8 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
- Childersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Martin Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Zubers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Sycamore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Rendalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Comerdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Comerdale is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comerdale
- Blount County
- Dale ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 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 Kymulga, with the one closest to Kymulga listed first.
- Eastaboga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Bynum
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Eulaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Macon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Chilton County
- Jumbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jumbo is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kymulga, with the one closest to Kymulga listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Hollins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Erin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Millerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Harkins Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Ashland
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kymulga, with the one closest to Kymulga listed first.
- Stewartville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Weogufka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Goodwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Kellyton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kymulga, with the one closest to Kymulga listed first.
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Leeds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Lola City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Cahaba Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Landing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Landing
- McCombs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Roper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Alton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Breakstone Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- Irondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Weems
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weems is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kymulga, with the one closest to Kymulga listed first.
- Vincent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Cropwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Glen City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Avondale Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Seddon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Brompton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kymulga, with the one closest to Kymulga listed first.
- Harpersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Calcis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Wilsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sterrett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westover
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Vandiver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Chelsea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Columbiana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Merrell Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Merrell Beach is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrell Beach
- Tallapoosa County
- Hackneyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kymulga, see our County-by-County Page for Kymulga.
Cemeteries Near Kymulga ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kymulga.
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 Kymulga - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kymulga covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kymulga, with the one closest to Kymulga listed first.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nicholls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Reynolds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kingston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Childersburg City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rhoden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Winterboro Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arkwright Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Chancellor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Kymulga in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kymulga.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kymulga, with the one closest to Kymulga listed first.
- Alpine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Childersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Zubers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Sycamore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Vincent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rendalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Berney's
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Berney's is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berney's
- Renfroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Renfroe is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Harpersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oldfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sylacauga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smelley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Smelley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kymulga. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kymulga.
Newspapers Published in Kymulga ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kymulga.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kymulga, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kymulga.
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 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 Kymulga:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- 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> | 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- Kymulga) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Kymulga, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |