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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 Martins Mill (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 Martins Mill. 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 Martins Mill ...
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 Martins Mill: Martins Ml. (or less commonly used: Martins Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Martins Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Martins Mill may originally have been Martin's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Martins Mill might be written as Martin Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Martins Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Martins Mill.
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 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.
Martins Mill is located in Talladega 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 Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Martins Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Martins Mill:
- Talladega County (The home county of Martins Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Grant Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windsong Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Silver Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- McElderry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Talladega
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ironaton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Kentuck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Waldo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Appalachian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Straight Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Highland Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Eastaboga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Bynum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Macon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Eulaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Bera ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Morrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Cobb Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Ohatchee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Elder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Erin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Haynes Crossroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Chambers Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Delta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Lineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harkins Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Abel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Heflin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Pilgrims Rest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Cobb City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Glencoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rainbow City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Burns Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Attalla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alabama City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- East Gadsden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Gadsden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Bennettsville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bennettsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Breakstone Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- Leeds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ayres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Roper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Cahaba Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Lola City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Scott City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Randolph County
- Christiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ragland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Coal City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Cropwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wattsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Glen City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Ashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Branchville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Calcis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Sterrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vandiver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnavant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Harpersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Martins Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Martins Mill.
Cemeteries Near Martins Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Martins Mill.
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 Martins Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Martins Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Pattons Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plum Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Creswell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Refuge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Groce - Montgomery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morning Star Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCellan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Ragan Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old Mitchell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Martins Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Martins Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Martins Mill, with the one closest to Martins Mill listed first.
- Eastaboga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Refuge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Refuge is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Turner is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Bynum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Macon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eulaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Seddon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Munford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jenifer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jenifer is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenifer
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Martins Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martins Mill.
Newspapers Published in Martins Mill ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martins Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martins Mill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Martins Mill.
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 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 Martins Mill:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby 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 Martins Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Martins Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |