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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mays Gulf. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mays Gulf to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mays Gulf, 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 Mays Gulf (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 Mays Gulf. 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 Mays Gulf ...
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.
While the name of this community is Mays Gulf, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Mays Gulf may originally have been May's Gulf.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mays Gulf might be written as May Gulf.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mays Gulf is historic, it would have been located within present day DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall, Chattooga (GA), Dade (GA) & Walker (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Mays Gulf. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mays Gulf:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Mays Gulf)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Hammondville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hammondville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammondville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Valley Head
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kaolin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kaolin is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin
- Mentone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Henagar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaty Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beaty Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Crossroads
- Ider
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Bankhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sylvania
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvania is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,860 people
- Cartersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cartersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Grover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Blanche
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- New Moon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Taft
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Broomtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Ringgold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Gaylesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sand Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Lawrence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- Central
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Gray ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Bellefonte ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefonte is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Rock City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Higdon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Section
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eliza
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eliza is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Fackler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fackler is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fackler
- Hollywood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- Mid ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Peters ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- Cloudland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Menlo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <3>
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Berryton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Lyerly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pennville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Trion is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trion <3>
- Chattoogaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Zula ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Dade County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- Rising Fawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Trenton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cole City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cole City is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole City
- Population from the 2010 Census: 127 people
- Morganville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morganville is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,835 people
- Wildwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Floyd County (GA)
- Coosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walker County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- Bronco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bronco is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- Cassandra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cassandra is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Martindale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Martindale is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Kensington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Durham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Durham is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,257 people
- LaFayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Linwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Linwood is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Thompsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,528 people
- Chickamauga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chattanooga Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chattanooga Valley is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga Valley
- Moons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moons is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
- Rock Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fantasy Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fantasy Hills is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fantasy Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 316 people
- Franklin County (TN)
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Marion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- New Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Richard City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Richard City is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- South Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Whiteside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Whiteside is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Orme
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Orme is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Vulcan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vulcan is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Kimball
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mays Gulf, see our County-by-County Page for Mays Gulf.
Cemeteries Near Mays Gulf ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mays Gulf.
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 Mays Gulf - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mays Gulf covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- Cordell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pea Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Biddle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Biddle Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the southwest of Beaty Crossroads.
- The Biddle Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friendship Church Cemetery
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21620 <5>
- Davenport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Head Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitehall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beene Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Head Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Price Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (491 more) ...
- Unity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ellison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Mays Gulf in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mays Gulf.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mays Gulf, with the one closest to Mays Gulf listed first.
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Valley Head
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mentone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kaolin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kaolin is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin
- Henagar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Ider
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mahan ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mahan is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan
- Bankhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Blake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blake is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Rosalie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rosalie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Musgrove ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Musgrove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musgrove
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chavies
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chavies is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mays Gulf. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mays Gulf.
Newspapers Published in Mays Gulf ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mays Gulf.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mays Gulf, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mays Gulf.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mays Gulf:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Chattooga County
- Dade County
- Floyd County
- Walker County
- Franklin County
- Marion 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 Mays Gulf, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Mays Gulf) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |