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 Lime Kiln (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 Lime Kiln. 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 and 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.
Lime Kiln is located in Colbert 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 Colbert County: Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Lime Kiln. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lime Kiln:
- Colbert County (The home county of Lime Kiln)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Bishop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Red Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Denton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Pleasant Site
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Burntout
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Red Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Belgreen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Rockwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Russellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vina is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Hodges
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Cypress Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- McGee Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Threet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Cloverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Florence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Jacksonburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Saint Florian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Zip City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Glen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Jacinto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Searcy Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Rienzi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Corinth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Biggersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Burton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Altitude
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- New Site
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Marietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Booneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Oldham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Iuka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Paden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Short
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Holcut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Burnsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dennis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Golden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Bruton Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Lowryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Nash Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Pyburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Hamburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Shiloh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Tulu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Lutts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lime Kiln, see our County-by-County Page for Lime Kiln.
Cemeteries Near Lime Kiln ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lime Kiln.
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 Lime Kiln - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lime Kiln covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Canaan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Garrett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morris Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hester Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Goshen Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Malone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (652 more) ...
- Pride Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carytown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Lime Kiln in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lime Kiln.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lime Kiln, with the one closest to Lime Kiln listed first.
- Margerum
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Margerum is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bishop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Riverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Barton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Maud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maud is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
- Smithsonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smithsonia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsonia
- Iuka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Wright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wright is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gravelly Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Springs
- Rhodesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodesville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lime Kiln. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lime Kiln.
Newspapers Published in Lime Kiln ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lime Kiln.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lime Kiln, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lime Kiln.
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 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 Lime Kiln:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Colbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Hardin County
- McNairy County
- Wayne 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 Lime Kiln, 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 from Point A (ie- Lime Kiln) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |