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 Livingston (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 Livingston. 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.
Name Variations for Livingston ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
In past government published Postal Guides, Livingston was referred to as Livingston Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Livingston. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Livingston.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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.
Livingston is located in Sumter County and is the County Seat.
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 Sumter County: Choctaw, Greene, Marengo, Pickens, Kemper (MS), Lauderdale (MS) & Noxubee (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Livingston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Livingston:
- Sumter County (The home county of Livingston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Moore Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
- Boyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boyd is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Epes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Epes is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Brewersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Sumterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Arrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arrington is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Former names for York:
- New York Station
- York Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <1>
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Bellamy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Coatopa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Emelle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Pelham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pelham is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Cedahoma ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cedahoma is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedahoma
- Cromwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cromwell is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Jachin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jachin is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jachin
- Choctaw City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Choctaw City is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw City
- Pennington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pennington is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Tompkinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tompkinsville is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Pushmataha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Lisman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Miller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Boligee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lizzieville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- Forkland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- West Greene
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Eutaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Arcola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Arcola is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Gallion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gallion is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallion
- Sawyerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Prairieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prairieville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Cedarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Demopolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Aigleville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Aigleville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aigleville
- Griffins ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Griffins is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins
- Pin Hook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pin Hook is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Beckleys ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beckleys is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckleys
- Blue Lock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Lock is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lock
- Myrtlewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Linden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kemper County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Porterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Sucarnoochee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Electric Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Giles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Giles is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Scooba
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Binnsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- De Kalb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wahalak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Lauderdale County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Smith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Lockhart
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Russell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Whynot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Daleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
- Vimville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Noxubee County (MS)
- Cooksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Livingston, see our County-by-County Page for Livingston.
Cemeteries Near Livingston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Livingston.
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 Livingston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Livingston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Potts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Houston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Livingston Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eskeridge Pettigrew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Parker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCainville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maye Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Henagan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Elmwood Memorial Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McInnis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Livingston had a population of 850 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Livingston had a population of 3,135 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Boyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boyd is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Sumterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Coatopa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Miller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Hamner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hamner is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamner
- Tishabee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tishabee is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tishabee
- Dove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dove is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Boligee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- McDowell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McDowell is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Enondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Enondale is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enondale
- Tamola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tamola is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamola
- Gaston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gaston is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Livingston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Livingston.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Livingston ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Livingston.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Livingston. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Livingston and those printed in the larger area surrounding Livingston.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> of Livingston.
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 Livingston:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Sumter County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Greene County
- Hale County
- Marengo County
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale 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 Livingston, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Livingston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |