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 Louina (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 Louina. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Louina is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Tallapoosa, Carroll (GA), Heard (GA) & Troup (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Louina. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Louina:
- Randolph County (The home county of Louina)
- The following are listed by their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- Wadley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forester Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Almond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Peavy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Malone Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Roanoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Ofelia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Wedowee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Corbin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- High Shoals
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Rock Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- Abanda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Red Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Clackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Doublehead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Penton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Chapel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Stroud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Five Points
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Blackman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Fredonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- LaFayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- Motley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Cragford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Lineville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Ashland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Millerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Delta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Haynes Crossroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Elder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Erin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- Micaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Hollis Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Hightower
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Ranburne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- Goodwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kellyton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Lee County
- Roxana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Talladega County
- Chandler Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- Truett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Frog Eye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Daviston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Emuckfaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Matilda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Goldville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Dudleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- New Site
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Cowpens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Jacksons' Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hackneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- O'Neals Crossroad
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Glenn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Frolona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Houston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Yates Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Ephesus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roosterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Centralhatchee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- North West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Graysons Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Rockwell Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sunny Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- LaGrange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Louina, see our County-by-County Page for Louina.
Cemeteries Near Louina ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Louina.
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 Louina - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Louina covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- Wadley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abanda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abanda Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Abanda.
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- County Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Darian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (402 more) ...
- Milltown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Louina had a population of 130 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Louina, with the one closest to Louina listed first.
- Forester Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Truett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Almond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Malone Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Daviston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Emuckfaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Cornhouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cornhouse is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornhouse
- Denver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Denver is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Doublehead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Roanoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Zana ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zana is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Chapel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Marcoot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marcoot is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoot
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Louina. See our List of 1890's Communities around Louina.
Newspapers Published in Louina ...
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 Louina.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Louina, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Louina.
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 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 Louina:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Coosa County
- Lee County
- Talladega County
- Tallapoosa County
- Heard County
- Troup 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 Louina, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Louina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |