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 Lowrimores Crossroads (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 Lowrimores Crossroads. 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 Lowrimores Crossroads ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Lowrimores Crossroads: Lowrimores Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Lowrimores Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lowrimores Crossroads may originally have been Lowrimore's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lowrimores Crossroads might be written as Lowrimore Crossroads.
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.
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 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.
Lowrimores Crossroads is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Saint Clair & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Lowrimores Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lowrimores Crossroads:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Lowrimores Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Clark ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clark is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Alexandria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grayton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Morrisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Peaceburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Wellington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Bera ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Leatherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Blue Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blue Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Appalachian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Straight Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Highland Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Taits Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Ball Flat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Spring Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Exie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Leesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Centre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Rock Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Elder
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Haynes Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Delta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Erin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Barfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Abel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Heflin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grantley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Edwardsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Hollis Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Oak Level
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Fruithurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Borden Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Ai
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Micaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- DeKalb County
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Markton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Cobb City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Pilgrims Rest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Glencoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Burns Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Rainbow City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hokes Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Gadsden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alabama City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- Attalla
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Ragland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Steele
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ashville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Seddon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Coal City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Wattsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Avondale Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Whitney Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Glen City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cropwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- McElderry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Colony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Windsong Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Ironaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Talladega
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waldo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lowrimores Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Lowrimores Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Lowrimores Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lowrimores Crossroads.
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 Lowrimores Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lowrimores Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Hampton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Mt. Sellers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gladden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Middleton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Alexandria Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Anniston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ohatchee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Halls Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ragan Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lloyds Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Lowrimores Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lowrimores Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lowrimores Crossroads, with the one closest to Lowrimores Crossroads listed first.
- Morrisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Peaceburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
- Alexandria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grayton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Bera ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Leatherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Peek's Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Peek's Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek's Hill
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Ohatchee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Francis
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Francis is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Sulphur Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Duke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Duke is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Ottery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ottery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottery
- Blue Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lowrimores Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lowrimores Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Lowrimores Crossroads ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lowrimores Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lowrimores Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lowrimores Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Lowrimores Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lowrimores Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lowrimores Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |