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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mid. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mid to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mid, 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 Mid (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 Mid. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mid is historic, it would have been located within present day Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Mid. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mid:
- Marshall County (The home county of Mid)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Columbus City Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- Columbus City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Grant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peters ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- North ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Rayburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Hustleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Wyeth City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyeth City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth City
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Guntersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <2>
- Mill Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- McLarty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Bright Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Highmound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Brooksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Snead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Birdie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Wynnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Clarence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Susan Moore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Sand Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Leesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Joppa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baileyton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Grove Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Whiton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Chigger Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Rogers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Hix ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hix is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Gibson Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gibson Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Crossroads
- Geraldine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Luttrell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Luttrell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Fyffe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rains ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Floy ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Sardis City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Whitesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Greer ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Mountainboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Yancy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Carlisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Duck Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Keener
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Crudup
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Egypt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Langston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Aspel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Rock City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Section
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lim Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Larkinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Scottsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- New Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Gurley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Whitesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Brownsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- English Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Maysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Greenwycke Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Ryland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Morgan City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Briscoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Lacey's Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Hulaco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Valhermoso Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mid, see our County-by-County Page for Mid.
Cemeteries Near Mid ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mid.
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 Mid - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mid covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Woosley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Haney Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rainey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thomason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (625 more) ...
- McFarland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McFarlane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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.
Mid itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mid, with the one closest to Mid listed first.
- Meltonsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meltonsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltonsville
- Pendergrass ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pendergrass is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendergrass
- Preston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Jink ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jink is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jink
- Henryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henryville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Martling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Martling is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martling
- Grove Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Langston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Swearengin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swearengin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swearengin
- Peters ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Grant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Whiton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Thirtynine ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thirtynine is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtynine
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mid. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mid.
Newspapers Published in Mid ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mid.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mid, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mid.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Mid:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cherokee County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan 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 Mid, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mid) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |