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 Mignon (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 Mignon. 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 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.
Mignon is located in Talladega 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 Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Mignon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mignon:
- Talladega County (The home county of Mignon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mignon, with the one closest to Mignon listed first.
- Sylacauga
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oldfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Comerdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Comerdale is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comerdale
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
- Gantts Quarry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gantts Quarry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantts Quarry
- Zubers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Sycamore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Bon Air
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Childersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fayetteville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fayetteville is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Winterboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Chilton County
- Jumbo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jumbo is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mignon, with the one closest to Mignon listed first.
- Hollins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Chambers Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Millerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Harkins Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Erin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Mellow Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Lineville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mignon, with the one closest to Mignon listed first.
- Stewartville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Weogufka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Goodwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Kellyton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Rockford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hissop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hissop is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hissop
- Cottage Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Dollar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dollar is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Ray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Fishpond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mignon, with the one closest to Mignon listed first.
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Leeds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mignon, with the one closest to Mignon listed first.
- Vincent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Cropwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glen City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Seddon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Cook's Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brompton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Woodland Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mignon, with the one closest to Mignon listed first.
- Wilsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harpersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Merrell Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Merrell Beach is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrell Beach
- Pine Grove Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Village
- Calcis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Westover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Shelby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Columbiana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sterrett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vandiver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mignon, with the one closest to Mignon listed first.
- Hackneyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Alexander City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cowpens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Goldville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- New Site
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Alkehatchee ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alkehatchee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkehatchee
- Our Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Our Town is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mignon, see our County-by-County Page for Mignon.
Cemeteries Near Mignon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mignon.
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 Mignon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mignon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mignon, with the one closest to Mignon listed first.
- Comers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rising Star Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Odena Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethany Methodist Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Stewartville.
- The Bethany Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Bethany Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2478339 <3>
- Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summer Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (377 more) ...
- Stewartville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hollins Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Mignon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mignon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mignon, with the one closest to Mignon listed first.
- Sylacauga
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oldfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Zubers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Sycamore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Stewartville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Fayetteville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fayetteville is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Hollins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Childersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Talladega Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Talladega Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talladega Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Weogufka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Rendalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Alpine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hanover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hanover is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Berney's
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berney's is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berney's
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mignon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mignon.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mignon ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mignon.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mignon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mignon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mignon.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> of Mignon.
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 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 Mignon:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chilton County
- Clay County
- Coosa County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Tallapoosa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mignon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mignon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |