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 Liberty City (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 Liberty City. 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 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.
Liberty City is primarily located in Macon County. A portion of Liberty City extends into Tallapoosa 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 Macon County: Bullock, Elmore, Lee, Montgomery, Russell & Tallapoosa.
Below are the counties that are near Liberty City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liberty City:
- Macon County (The home county of Liberty City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Notasulga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hornady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hornady is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornady
- Tuskegee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Calebee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calebee is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calebee
- La Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- La Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Place
- Shorter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tysonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tysonville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tysonville
- Society Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Society Hill is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Hardaway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hardaway is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardaway
- Fort Davis
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Armstrong
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Armstrong is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Bullock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Mitchell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Fitzpatrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Union Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Blackman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Boyds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Cusseta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- LaFayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Equality
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Equality is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Fishpond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Nixburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nixburg is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixburg
- Ray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Cottage Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Elmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Tallassee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Irma ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Irma is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Jordan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Eclectic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Claud
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Claud is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Ware
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ware is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Central
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Central is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Seman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Seman is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seman
- Fusihatchi ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fusihatchi is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusihatchi
- Blue Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Wetumpka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hale County
- Erie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Loachapoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roxana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Ridgewood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- The Bottle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Gwen Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Beauregard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Opelika
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chewacla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Marvyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prince Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Waugh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waugh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Cecil
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cecil is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Mount Meigs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Meigs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Meigs
- Sunshine Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
- Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Madison is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Russell County
- Hurtsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Reeltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reeltown is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeltown
- Church Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Tallapoosa City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tallapoosa City is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa City
- East Tallassee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Tallassee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tallassee
- Susannah ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Susannah is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susannah
- Agricola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Agricola is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Benson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benson is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Camp Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dadeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Jacksons' Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alkehatchee ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alkehatchee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkehatchee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liberty City, see our County-by-County Page for Liberty City.
Cemeteries Near Liberty City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty City.
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 Liberty City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liberty City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Salem Macon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reeltown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Notasulga City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Sharon Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pentecost Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tallassee.
- The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosehill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #25902 <2>
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 Liberty City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liberty City, with the one closest to Liberty City listed first.
- Notasulga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Church Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Chehaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chehaw is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chehaw
- Tallassee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Loachapoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roxana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Thornton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Thornton is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tuskegee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Susannah ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Susannah is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susannah
- Kent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alliance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mary is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary
- Agricola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Agricola is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liberty City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty City.
Newspapers Published in Liberty City ...
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 Liberty City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty City, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty City.
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 Liberty City:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Macon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bullock County
- Chambers County
- Coosa County
- Elmore County
- Hale County
- Lee County
- Montgomery County
- Russell 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 Liberty City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Liberty City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |