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 Little New York (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 Little New York. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Little New York is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Little New York. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little New York:
- Marshall County (The home county of Little New York)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- Peters ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Columbus City Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- Mid ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Columbus City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Hustleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Rayburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- North ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Wyeth City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyeth City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth City
- Guntersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <1>
- Albertville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gregory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- McLarty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Bright Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Highmound
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Summit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Brooksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Snead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Craig
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Wynnville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Birdie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
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- Clarence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
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- Susan Moore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Fridays Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- Sand Rock
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Anderson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- Joppa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Baileyton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Holly Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- Whiton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Rogers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Grove Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Chigger Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Geraldine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rains ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Crossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hix ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hix is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Floy ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Gibson Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gibson Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Crossroads
- Luttrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Luttrell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- Sardis City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Whitesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Greer ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Mountainboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Carlisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Duck Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Yancy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Keener
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Egypt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Howelton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Crudup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- Langston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Aspel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Rock City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
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- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Section
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lim Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Paint Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Larkinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Dutton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Scottsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- New Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Gurley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Whitesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- English Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Brownsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Greenwycke Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- Morgan City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Briscoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Apple Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Hulaco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Lacey's Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Florette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Valhermoso Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little New York, see our County-by-County Page for Little New York.
Cemeteries Near Little New York ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little New York.
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 Little New York - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little New York covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- King Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Martling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alder Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Haney Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eason Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kennamer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (581 more) ...
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Fairview 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 Little New York in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little New York.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little New York, with the one closest to Little New York listed first.
- Martling
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Martling is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martling
- Meltonsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meltonsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltonsville
- Peters ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Jink ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jink is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jink
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Mid ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Henryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Henryville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- North ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Guntersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <1>
- Rogers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Pendergrass ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pendergrass is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendergrass
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- McVille
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McVille is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Albertville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grove Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little New York. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little New York.
Newspapers Published in Little New York ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little New York.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little New York, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little New York.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Little New York:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cherokee County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Little New York) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Little New York, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |