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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mathews. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mathews to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mathews, 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 Mathews (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 Mathews. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mathews is historic, it would have been located within present day Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County: Colbert, Lawrence, Limestone, Tishomingo (MS), Giles (TN), Hardin (TN), Lawrence (TN) & Wayne (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Mathews. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mathews:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Mathews)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Waterloo
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Threet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- McGee Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Cypress Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Zip City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Jacksonburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Mars Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pruitton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Sheffield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Pleasant Site
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Glens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Glen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Jacinto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Corinth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Searcy Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Rienzi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Biggersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Altitude
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Short
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Iuka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <2>
- Oldham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Burnsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Holcut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Paden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Lowryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Bruton Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Pyburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Nash Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Nixon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Hamburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Shiloh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Lawrence County (TN)
- Iron City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Tulu
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stantonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Caffey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Adamsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Guys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Eastview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Lutts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Collinwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Corning ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Clifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mathews, see our County-by-County Page for Mathews.
Cemeteries Near Mathews ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mathews.
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 Mathews - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mathews covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Scott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Richardson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Watkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Parker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fielder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Douthit Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (732 more) ...
- Faint Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Mathews in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mathews.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mathews, with the one closest to Mathews listed first.
- Waterloo
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Wright
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wright is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Stout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stout is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Short
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Gravelly Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Springs
- Kendell ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kendell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendell
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Lowryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Iuka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <2>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Margerum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Margerum is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
- Rhodesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodesville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mathews. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mathews.
Newspapers Published in Mathews ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mathews.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mathews, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mathews.
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 Mathews:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Hardin County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Wayne 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 Mathews, 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mathews) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |