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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about McNeiders. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added McNeiders to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McNeiders, 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 McNeiders (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 McNeiders. 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 doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of McNeiders is historic, it would have been located within present day Marengo County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marengo County: Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Perry, Sumter & Wilcox.
Below are the counties that are near McNeiders. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McNeiders:
- Marengo County (The home county of McNeiders)
- The following are listed by their distance from McNeiders, with the one closest to McNeiders listed first.
- Putnam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Nanafalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Barrons ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Aimwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Sweet Water
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
- Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Dixon's Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon's Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon's Mills
- Dixon's Mills is located in Marengo County
- Half Acre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
- Half Acre is located in Marengo County
- Former names for Half Acre:
- Hell's Half Acre
- Luther's Store
- Moss ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Ellison ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Myrtlewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myrtlewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
- Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Vineland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Beckleys ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from McNeiders, with the one closest to McNeiders listed first.
- Lavaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Tompkinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tompkinsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Tompkinsville is located in Choctaw County
- Butler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <4>
- Womack Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Womack Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Choctaw City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choctaw City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw City
- Choctaw City is located in Choctaw County
- Pennington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Pennington is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Red Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Toxey
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Jachin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Needham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Lisman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Gilbertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertown
- Gilbertown is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbertown <4>
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from McNeiders, with the one closest to McNeiders listed first.
- Morvin
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Campbell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Glover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Thomasville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Thomasville is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomasville <4>
- Coffeeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Coffeeville is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffeeville <4>
- Atkeison
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkeison
- Atkeison is located in Clarke County
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fakit Chipunta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Zimco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Winn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Dickinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Grove Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Grove Hill is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,709 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove Hill <4>
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from McNeiders, with the one closest to McNeiders listed first.
- Whitfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Derby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in Sumter County
- Kinterbish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Ward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from McNeiders, with the one closest to McNeiders listed first.
- Frankville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Bigbee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Wilcox County
- The following are listed by their distance from McNeiders, with the one closest to McNeiders listed first.
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Wilcox County
- Pine Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Anne Manie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anne Manie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anne Manie
- Anne Manie is located in Wilcox County
- Kimbrough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Lamison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Lower Peach Tree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peach Tree
- Lower Peach Tree is located in Wilcox County
- Yellow Bluff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff
- Yellow Bluff is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McNeiders, see our County-by-County Page for McNeiders.
Cemeteries Near McNeiders ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McNeiders.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McNeiders covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McNeiders, with the one closest to McNeiders listed first.
- Gibson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gibson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Putnam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Putnam Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Putnam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lucker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Luker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Campbell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campbell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campbell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tallahatta Cemetery for Blacks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tallahatta Cemetery for Blacks
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tallahatta Cemetery for Blacks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bashan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bashan Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bashan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Liberty Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Mariah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Mariah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Mariah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- Hoboken Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoboken Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoboken Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Elam Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elam Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bashi Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bashi Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bashi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hoboken Cemetery
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 McNeiders in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McNeiders.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McNeiders, with the one closest to McNeiders listed first.
- Morvin
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Putnam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Campbell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Nicholsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
- Nicholsville is located in Marengo County
- Cunningham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Cunningham is located in Clarke County
- Ararat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Bashi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Nanafalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Tallahatta Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tallahatta Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallahatta Springs
- Tallahatta Springs is located in Clarke County
- Glover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Sweet Water
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
- Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Aimwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mount Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Mount Sterling is located in Choctaw County
- McEntyre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - West Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McNeiders. See our List of 1890's Communities around McNeiders.
Newspapers Published in McNeiders ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around McNeiders.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McNeiders, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McNeiders.
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 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 McNeiders:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Marengo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sumter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wilcox County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Choctaw County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Marengo County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Marengo County
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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 McNeiders, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McNeiders) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McNeiders. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9918, Longitude: -88.0014 In this case, the coordinates for McNeiders have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |