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 Mill Creek Estates (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 Mill Creek Estates. 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 Mill Creek Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mill Creek Estates: Mill Crk. Ests. (or less commonly used: Mill Ck. Ests. or Mill Cr. Ests.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mill Creek Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mill Creek Estates.
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 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 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.
Mill Creek Estates is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Mill Creek Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill Creek Estates:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Mill Creek Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Estates, with the one closest to Mill Creek Estates listed first.
- Robbins Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Sayre
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sayre is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Media
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Media is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Media
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Alden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alden is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Cardiff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- West Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Brookside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brookside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Pinkney City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinkney City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney City
- Daisey City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daisey City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisey City
- Adamsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Estates, with the one closest to Mill Creek Estates listed first.
- Red Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Warrior
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reid's
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Smoke Rise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- County Line
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Blount Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- Hayden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Selfville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Dallas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Compton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Dale ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Bangor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bangor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Estates, with the one closest to Mill Creek Estates listed first.
- Arkadelphia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Colony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- The Colony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- The Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Black Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Bremen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Damascus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Ardell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ardell is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
- Dodge City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dodge City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Garden City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Crane Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trimble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trimble is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Fayette County
- Alta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Alta is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Estates, with the one closest to Mill Creek Estates listed first.
- Argo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Parsons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Acmar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Moody
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Woodland Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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 Mill Creek Estates, with the one closest to Mill Creek Estates listed first.
- Inverness
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Lake Purdy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Bridgeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Meadowbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Indian Springs Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
- Tacoa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Dunnavant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Shoal Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Tuscaloosa County
- Bull City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Estates, with the one closest to Mill Creek Estates listed first.
- Sumiton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sumiton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
- Former names for Sumiton:
- Commercial
- Democrat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <1>
- Oakahalla
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Quinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yerkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Burnwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Dora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wyatt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Empire
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Creel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
- Twilley Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Red Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Estates, with the one closest to Mill Creek Estates listed first.
- Falls City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Falls City is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Arley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Slick Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slick Ford is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Ford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill Creek Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Mill Creek Estates.
Cemeteries Near Mill Creek Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill Creek Estates.
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 Mill Creek Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill Creek Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill Creek Estates, with the one closest to Mill Creek Estates listed first.
- New Horizon Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lawler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Good Hope Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bagley Bend Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Linns Crossing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brasfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shanghai Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maben Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Linn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Empire Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Empire Memorial Cemetery is located in Empire.
- The Empire Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Empire Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1442863 <2>
- Continue List (353 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cardiff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Freewill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Mill Creek Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mill Creek Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill Creek Estates, with the one closest to Mill Creek Estates listed first.
- Robbins Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Linn Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Crossing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Crossing
- Dora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cardiff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Porter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Porter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Blossburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blossburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
- Brookside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brookside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Adamsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sloan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sloan is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Cordova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Morris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Coalburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coalburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Former name for Coalburg:
- Coalburgh
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Warrior
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arkadelphia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Short Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Short Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill Creek Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill Creek Estates.
Newspapers Published in Mill Creek Estates ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill Creek Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill Creek Estates, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mill Creek Estates.
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 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 Mill Creek Estates:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- Fayette County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Walker County
- Winston 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mill Creek Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mill Creek Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |