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 Meadows Crossroads (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 Meadows Crossroads. 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 Meadows Crossroads ...
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 Meadows Crossroads: Meadows Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Meadows Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Meadows Crossroads may originally have been Meadow's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Meadows Crossroads might be written as Meadow Crossroads.
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 doctors and 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.
Meadows Crossroads is located in Lee 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 Lee County: Chambers, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa, Harris (GA) & Muscogee (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Meadows Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meadows Crossroads:
- Lee County (The home county of Meadows Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Prince Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bleecker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Beauregard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Chewacla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Marvyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Smith's Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Gwen Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blanton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blanton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Ridgewood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- The Bottle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Barbour County
- Spring Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Osanippa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Cusseta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- River View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- River View is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Eady City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Huguley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Boyds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Plant City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Lanett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- LaFayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blackman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Society Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Society Hill is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Notasulga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tuskegee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Liberty City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Armstrong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Crawford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Hugley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hugley is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Ladonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Phenix City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fontaine Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Seale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hatchechubbee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
- Fort Mitchell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hurtsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Oswichee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Pittsview
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rutherford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rutherford is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Holy Trinity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Camp Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Church Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Chattahoochee County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Fort Benning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Central Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Harris County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Mountain Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Cataula
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ellerslie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hamilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muscogee County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Bibb City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Columbus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maridale Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Twin Chapel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Glenns
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Hilton Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Lincoln Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Wynnton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Baker Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Baker Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Village
- Cusseta Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cusseta Heights is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusseta Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 10,684 people
- East Edgewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Fortson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stewart County (GA)
- Omaha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- West Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North West Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Pioneer Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meadows Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Meadows Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Meadows Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meadows Crossroads.
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 Meadows Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meadows Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dupree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Charnel Garden of Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charnel Garden of Rest Cemetery
- The Charnel Garden of Rest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
- Stroud Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hope CME Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (286 more) ...
- Penn Young Gravesite
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Meadows Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meadows Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meadows Crossroads, with the one closest to Meadows Crossroads listed first.
- Crawford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chewacla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Smith's Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Ladonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Hyram
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hyram is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyram
- Mechanicsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Society Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Society Hill is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Opelika
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Uchee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Uchee is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uchee
- Beulah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beulah is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Girard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Girard is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Columbus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Seale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meadows Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meadows Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Meadows Crossroads ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meadows Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meadows Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meadows Crossroads.
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 either 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 Meadows Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Lee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Chambers County
- Macon County
- Russell County
- Tallapoosa County
- Chattahoochee County
- Harris County
- Muscogee County
- Stewart County
- Troup 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 Meadows Crossroads, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Meadows Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |