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 Moores 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 Moores 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 Moores 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 Moores Crossroads: Moores Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Moores Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Moores Crossroads may originally have been Moore's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Moores Crossroads might be written as Moore Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Moores Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moores 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 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.
Moores Crossroads is located in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall, Chattooga (GA), Dade (GA) & Walker (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Moores Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moores Crossroads:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Moores Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- Luttrell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Luttrell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Floy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Gibson Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gibson Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Crossroads
- Hix ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hix is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Fyffe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chigger Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Guest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Guest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guest
- Shiloh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Geraldine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Highmound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- McLarty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- Sand Rock
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Blanche
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Taft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Anderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ringgold
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Broomtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- New Moon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Cedar Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Centre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gaylesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- Keener
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Yancy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Duck Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Whitesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Sardis City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Mountainboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Crudup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Turkeytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Carlisle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- Rock City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Section
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Langston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Gray ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Scottsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Aspel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Pisgah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Central
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- New Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- Peters ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Mid ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Hustleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Columbus City Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Columbus City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Albertville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boaz
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Rayburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Rabbit Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- Cloudland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Menlo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <2>
- Chattoogaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moores Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Moores Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Moores Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moores 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 Moores Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moores Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- Norris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greens Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corinth Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Fyffe Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Warren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dalrymple Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Turnover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Downer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haigwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Kalb Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (508 more) ...
- Red Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Stewart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Broadway Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Moores Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moores Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moores Crossroads, with the one closest to Moores Crossroads listed first.
- Luttrell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Luttrell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Ten Broeck
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ten Broeck is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Broeck
- Floy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Floy is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floy
- Thirtynine ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thirtynine is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtynine
- Geraldine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wills ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wills is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Lydia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Grove Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Skirum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Skirum is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skirum
- Talley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Dawson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Luna ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Luna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Whiton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Chavies
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chavies is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moores Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moores Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Moores 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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moores Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moores 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 Moores Crossroads.
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 helpful 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 Moores Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cherokee County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Chattooga 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 Moores Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Moores Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |