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 Malone (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 Malone. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Malone 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 Malone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Malone:
- Randolph County (The home county of Malone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Malone Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Forester Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Almond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Wadley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ofelia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Peavy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Wedowee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Roanoke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Christiana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Rockdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Cambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Abanda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Red Level
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Clackville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Milltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Doublehead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Penton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Chapel Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Stroud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Five Points
(18 miles [29 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
- Standing Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Evansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Fredonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Cragford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Motley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Mellow Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Lineville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Ashland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Delta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Haynes Crossroad
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Millerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Elder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Erin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Chambers Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Micaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Hollis Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Abel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hightower
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Ranburne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Goodwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kellyton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Chandler Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Kentuck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Ironaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- McElderry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Waldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Truett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Emuckfaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Daviston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Frog Eye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Goldville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- New Site
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Matilda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Cowpens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Dudleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Hackneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Jacksons' Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Alexander City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Tyus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Bowdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- O'Neals Crossroad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Frolona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Glenn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ephesus
(23 miles [37 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
- Yates Crossroads
(23 miles [37 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
- Houston
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Roosterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- 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 Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Evansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Lake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Graysons Landing
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Malone, see our County-by-County Page for Malone.
Cemeteries Near Malone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Malone.
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 Malone - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Malone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Malone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fisher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Knight Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Swan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wadley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (377 more) ...
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sweetwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jehovah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Malone in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Malone.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Malone, with the one closest to Malone listed first.
- Malone Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Forester Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Almond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Louina
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Louina is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louina
- Truett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Cornhouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cornhouse is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornhouse
- Ofelia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Emuckfaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Dingler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dingler is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingler
- Wedowee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mellow Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Daviston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- West
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Milltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Gibsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gibsonville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Malone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Malone.
Newspapers Published in Malone ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Malone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Malone, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Malone.
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 Malone:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Coosa County
- Talladega County
- Tallapoosa County
- Carroll 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 Malone, 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- Malone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |