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 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.
Liberty is located in Pickens 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 Pickens County: Fayette, Greene, Lamar, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Lowndes (MS) & Noxubee (MS).
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:
- Pickens County (The home county of Liberty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Stafford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Ethelsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ethelsville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- McShan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McShan is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McShan
- Macedonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Coal Fire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Fire is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Fire
- Reform
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Archer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Archer is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Stansel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stansel is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansel
- Carrollton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carrollton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Bell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bell is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Lubbub
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lubbub is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubbub
- Gordo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Ashcraft Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ashcraft Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcraft Corner
- Belk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belk is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Fayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Rossland City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rossland City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
- Kirkland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Fernbank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fernbank is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Millport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Hightogy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hightogy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy
- Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bedford is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Sulligent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Echola
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Echola is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echola
- Elrod
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Buhl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buhl is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
- New Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Lexington is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Clay County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Waverly is located in Clay County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Vinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vinton is located in Clay County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Whites
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whites is located in Clay County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- West Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lowndes County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Columbus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Caledonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kolola Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kolola Springs is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolola Springs
- Bent Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bent Oak is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Oak
- Artesia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Artesia is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Crawford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Hamilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gattman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gattman is located in Monroe County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Greenwood Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Noxubee County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Ravine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ravine is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Deerbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Brooksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
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.
- Providence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brown Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Andrews Chapel Churchyard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ethelsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Strawbridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (452 more) ...
- Beard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Phoenix Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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>
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.
- Stafford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Coal Fire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Fire is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Fire
- Millport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fernbank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fernbank is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Steens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Steens is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steens
- Reform
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Palmetto is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Kennedy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Star is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Columbus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bell is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kingville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kingville is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingville
- Hightogy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hightogy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy
- Caledonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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 63 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 23 miles [37 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 like to start with 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 Pickens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Lamar County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Clay County
- Lowndes County
- Monroe County
- Noxubee 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Liberty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |