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 Lathrop (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 Lathrop. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lathrop is located in Pickens County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pickens County: Fayette, Greene, Lamar, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Lowndes (MS) & Noxubee (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Lathrop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lathrop:
- Pickens County (The home county of Lathrop)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Reform
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reform have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Reform is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reform <2>
- Bell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Stansel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansel
- Stansel is located in Pickens County
- Coal Fire
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Gordo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordo
- Gordo is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,594 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordo <2>
- Lubbub
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - McShan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Carrollton is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Ethelsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ethelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
- Ethelsville is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Archer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Archer is located in Pickens County
- Macedonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Stafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Stafford is located in Pickens County
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Ashcraft Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcraft Corner
- Ashcraft Corner is located in Fayette County
- Belk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Old Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Fayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,249 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fayette <2>
- Rossland City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossland City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
- Rossland City is located in Fayette County
- Bankston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Bankston is located in Fayette County
- Kirkland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Kirkland is located in Fayette County
- Berry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
- Berry is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,086 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berry <2>
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Lewiston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Mantua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Knoxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Millport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Millport is located in Lamar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 970 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millport <2>
- Kennedy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Fernbank
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Hightogy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy
- Hightogy is located in Lamar County
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vernon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Vernon is located in Lamar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,843 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <2>
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Echola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Elrod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Buhl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Coker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
- Coker is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coker <2>
- Samantha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
- New Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Lexington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- New Lexington is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Lake Front Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Front Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Front Village
- Lake Front Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Northport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
- Northport is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,075 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northport <2>
- Foster's
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster's
- Foster's is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foster's <2>
- Ralph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Ralph is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ralph <2>
- Ingleside Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingleside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Village
- Ingleside Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Sahama Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sahama Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahama Village
- Sahama Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Lowndes County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- New Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,307 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <2>
- Caledonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Caledonia is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,048 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caledonia <2>
- Kolola Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolola Springs
- Kolola Springs is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Noxubee County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Ravine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Deerbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County (MS)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lathrop, see our County-by-County Page for Lathrop.
Cemeteries Near Lathrop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lathrop.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lathrop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Fellowship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fellowship Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fellowship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Graham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graham Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Sardis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Sardis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Sardis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Greenhill Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenhill Memorial Gardens
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenhill Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Greenhill Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenhill Memorial Gardens
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenhill Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23526 <4>
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Springs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poplar Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Browns Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Browns Chapel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Browns Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Springs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Thrasher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thrasher Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thrasher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (484 more) ...
- Hargrove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hargrove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hargrove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Arbor Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arbor Springs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arbor Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hargrove Cemetery
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 Lathrop in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lathrop.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Reform
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reform have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Reform is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reform <2>
- Bell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Coal Fire
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Gordo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordo
- Gordo is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,594 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordo <2>
- Lubbub
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Palmetto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Moore's Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moore's Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Bridge
- Moore's Bridge is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Dillburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Millport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Millport is located in Lamar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 970 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millport <2>
- Kennedy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Stafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Stafford is located in Pickens County
- Olney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Pickens County
- Fernbank
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Newtonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newtonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Newtonville is located in Fayette County
- Pleasant Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lathrop. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lathrop.
Newspapers Published in Lathrop ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lathrop.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lathrop, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lathrop.
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 Lathrop:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Pickens County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Greene County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lamar County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lowndes County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Noxubee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Fayette County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Pickens County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Pickens County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lathrop. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Lathrop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lathrop) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lathrop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3710, Longitude: -87.9922 In this case, the coordinates for Lathrop have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |