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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 Larkinsville (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 Larkinsville. 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 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.

Larkinsville is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: DeKalb, Madison, Marshall, Dade (GA), Franklin (TN) & Marion (TN).

Below are the counties that are near Larkinsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Larkinsville:

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Larkinsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Larkinsville, with the one closest to Larkinsville listed first.
    • Lim Rock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Tupelo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dry Cove ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
    • Scottsboro
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Berrys ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Berrys is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
    • Pleasant Groves
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
    • Aspel
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cumberland Mountain Farm Colony ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Blackankle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Maynard Cove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dodsonville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
    • Fairfield ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairfield is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • DeKalb County
  • Madison County
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Larkinsville, with the one closest to Larkinsville listed first.
    • Grant
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mid ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Mid is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
    • Columbus City Ferry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
    • Columbus City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Columbus City is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
    • Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
    • North ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • North is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
    • Peters ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Peters is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
    • Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
    • Rayburn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Guntersville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Wyeth City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Wyeth City is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth City
    • Hustleville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Larkinsville, with the one closest to Larkinsville listed first.
    • Morgan City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Morgan City is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
    • Lacey's Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Briscoe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Larkinsville, with the one closest to Larkinsville listed first.
    • Anderson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sal City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Sal City is located in Franklin County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
    • Beans Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Huntland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Liberty
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Liberty is located in Franklin County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
  • Lincoln County (TN)
  • Marion County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Larkinsville, with the one closest to Larkinsville listed first.
    • Orme
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Orme is located in Marion County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Richard City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Richard City is located in Marion County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Larkinsville, see our County-by-County Page for Larkinsville.

Cemeteries Near Larkinsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Larkinsville.

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 Larkinsville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Larkinsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Larkinsville, with the one closest to Larkinsville listed first.

  • Blue Spring Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Pinhook Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hall Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Rosson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pace Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Woods Cove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Isbell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Zions Rest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Shelton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gold Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (720 more) ...
    • Bynum Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Berry Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Dotson Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Larkinsville had a population of 216 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Larkinsville, with the one closest to Larkinsville listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Larkinsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Larkinsville.

Newspapers Published in Larkinsville ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Larkinsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Larkinsville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Larkinsville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Larkinsville:

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>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 Larkinsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Larkinsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.