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 Maple Hill (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 Maple Hill. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Maple Hill is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Jackson, Limestone, Marshall, Morgan, Franklin (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Maple Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maple Hill:
- Madison County (The home county of Maple Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Elkwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Madison Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harvest
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jeff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Hazel Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Monrovia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Meridianville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Rideout Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Normal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Chase
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Francisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Hollytree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Confluence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Estep ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Anderson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Cedar Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Rogersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Caro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Ardmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Fairmount
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Pettusville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Capshaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Elkmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Country Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Athens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tanner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Decatur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Moulton Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Simpson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Austinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Russell Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Lacey's Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Priceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Winton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burningtree Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Flint City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Valhermoso Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Huntland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Lexie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Ardmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Wheelerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Prospect
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pisgah
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Stella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Aymett Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Green Field
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Anthony Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Appleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Cash Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Coldwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Dellrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Camargo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Molino
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Pearl City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Park City Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Harms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Howell Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Clarks Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Fayetteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Delina
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Cornersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Talley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Yell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maple Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Maple Hill.
Cemeteries Near Maple Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple Hill.
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 Maple Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maple Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Golightly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Minor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Moore Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hardin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Adams - Crutcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tibbs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crutcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bayless Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1277 more) ...
- Ready Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Motes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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 Maple Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maple Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maple Hill, with the one closest to Maple Hill listed first.
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Caro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Madison Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Cash Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Cluttsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cluttsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluttsville
- Blanche
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blanche is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Elkmont Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Jeff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Gladstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gladstone is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Monrovia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Coldwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Elkton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Pettusville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maple Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple Hill.
Newspapers Published in Maple Hill ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple Hill, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maple Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Maple Hill:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Morgan County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall 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 Maple Hill, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maple Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |