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 (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. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Liberty is located in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall, Chattooga (GA), Dade (GA) & Walker (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Liberty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liberty:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Liberty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Rodentown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Rains ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Crossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cotnam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Rogers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Dawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Geraldine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whiton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Collinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chigger Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Highmound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- McLarty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Snead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wynnville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Bright Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Bird ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Clarence
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Craig
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Susan Moore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Fridays Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Brooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Southside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Oak Level
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Colvins Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Cochran Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Mack ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Collins ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Grayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Wellington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Angel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Sand Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Leesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Moshat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Cedar Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Taft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Blanche
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Cullman County
- Joppa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Whitesboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Yancy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Sardis City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Duck Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Keener
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Mountainboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Crudup
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Carlisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Reece City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Reece City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
- Greer ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Langston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rock City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Section
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dutton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Aspel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Madison County
- New Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Boaz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hustleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Albertville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peters ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Whitesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Rabbit Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Horton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Gregory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Rayburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Douglas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Steele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Ashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liberty, see our County-by-County Page for Liberty.
Cemeteries Near Liberty ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liberty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Lipscomb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Corinth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Freedom Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Freedom Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corinth Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Belchers Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whitesboro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Marvin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leath Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union First Congregational Methodist (FCM) Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union First Congregational Methodist (FCM) Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union First Congregational Methodist (FCM) Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Boaz.
- The Union First Congregational Methodist (FCM) Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Union Church Cemetery
- Union First Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26801 <2>
- Bethsaida Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethsaida Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethsaida Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Boaz.
- The Bethsaida Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethsaida Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21588 <2>
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (441 more) ...
- Thrasher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hibbs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Liberty in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Pulltight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pulltight is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulltight
- Rodentown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Fenton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fenton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Yancy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Rains ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Duck Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Chumley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chumley is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumley
- Mountainboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Avery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Avery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Keener
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Crossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liberty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty.
Newspapers Published in Liberty ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty.
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 either 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:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cullman County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Liberty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Liberty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |