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 Martintown (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 Martintown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Martintown is located in Winston 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 Winston County: Cullman, Franklin, Lawrence, Marion & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Martintown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Martintown:
- Winston County (The home county of Martintown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Pebble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Littleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Haleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boar Tush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boar Tush is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boar Tush
- Boar Tush has also been known as:
- Boar Tusk
- Boartush
- Boartusk
- Ashridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashridge is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashridge
- Delmar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Glen Mary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Glen Mary is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mary
- Natural Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grayson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Grayson is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Double Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ellaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ellaville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellaville
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Littleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
- Spring Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- White House Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Leighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Denton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Cullman County
- Jones' Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jones' Chapel is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones' Chapel
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Glen Allen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Allen is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Bazemore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bazemore is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazemore
- Gu - Win
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gu - Win is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gu - Win
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Churntown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Phil Campbell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce Pine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Rockwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Russellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Belgreen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Burntout
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Vina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Vina is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Muck City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Wren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Hatton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Moulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edmond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Mountain Home
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Oakville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Bear Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thornhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Hackleburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Brilliant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Twin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Twin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hamilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yampertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yampertown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yampertown
- Stinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stinson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Pikeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Weston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Weston is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Winfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Nauvoo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Slicklizzard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Slicklizzard is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slicklizzard
- Eldridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Prospect
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Prospect is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Kansas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kansas is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Carbon Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saragossa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saragossa is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saragossa
- Edgil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edgil is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgil
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Martintown, see our County-by-County Page for Martintown.
Cemeteries Near Martintown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Martintown.
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 Martintown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Martintown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Sunny Home Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Posey Mill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Littleville Community Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Littleville Community Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Littleville.
- The Littleville Community Cemetery has also been known as:
- Littleville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966887 <2>
- Winston Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- DeGraffenreid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chilcoat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maxwell Chapel UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth Heights Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (703 more) ...
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dime Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Martintown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Martintown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Pebble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Haleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kinlock ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kinlock is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinlock
- Bear Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Goddard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goddard is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard
- Delmar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Thornhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Spruce Pine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Waco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Waco is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Natural Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Newburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Hackleburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Double Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Martintown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martintown.
Newspapers Published in Martintown ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martintown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martintown, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Martintown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Martintown:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Winston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Morgan County
- Walker 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Martintown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Martintown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |