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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mahan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mahan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mahan, please Contact Us.
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 Mahan (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 Mahan. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mahan is historic, it would have been located within present day DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall, Chattooga (GA), Dade (GA) & Walker (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Mahan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mahan:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Mahan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Sylvania
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sylvania is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,860 people
- Henagar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Rainsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Powell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Powell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
- Chavies
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chavies is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
- Luna ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Luna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Pine Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Shiloh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Bootsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
- Fort Payne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fyffe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Blanche
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Taft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Grover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- New Moon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Sand Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Broomtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Ringgold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Gaylesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Keener
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Yancy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Central
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Dutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Pisgah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gray ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Rock City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Section
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bellefonte ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefonte is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Hollywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scottsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Langston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blackankle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackankle is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackankle
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Mid ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Peters ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Columbus City Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- Columbus City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Grant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hustleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- North ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Albertville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rayburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Cloudland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Menlo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <2>
- Berryton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Chattoogaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Lyerly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Pennville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Trion is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trion <2>
- Dade County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Rising Fawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Trenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cole City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cole City is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole City
- Population from the 2010 Census: 127 people
- Walker County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Bronco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bronco is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- Cassandra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cassandra is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Kensington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martindale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Martindale is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Durham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durham is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,257 people
- Thompsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,528 people
- Franklin County (TN)
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Marion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Richard City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Richard City is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- New Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Orme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Orme is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- South Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mahan, see our County-by-County Page for Mahan.
Cemeteries Near Mahan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mahan.
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 Mahan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mahan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Mahan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Unity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dean Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Samples Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Broadway Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Town Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hudgins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudgins Cemetery
- The Hudgins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pisgah Holiness Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23577 <3>
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (510 more) ...
- Sarratt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Sardis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.
Mahan itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Musgrove ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Musgrove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musgrove
- Henagar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blake is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Index ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Index is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
- Chavies
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chavies is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
- Dutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Pisgah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Luna ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Luna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Lydia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lydia is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Rosalie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rosalie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
- Talley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Talley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fort Payne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Luttrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Luttrell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mahan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mahan.
Newspapers Published in Mahan ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mahan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mahan, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mahan.
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 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 Mahan:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Chattooga County
- Dade County
- Walker County
- Franklin County
- Marion County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mahan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mahan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |