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 Mount Sinai (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 Mount Sinai. 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 Mount Sinai ...
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 Mount Sinai: Mt. Sinai
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Sinai. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Sinai.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Mount Sinai is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Autauga, Bullock, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Sinai. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Sinai:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Mount Sinai)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
- Catoma
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Catoma is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoma
- Stone's
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stone's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
- Hope Hull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- English Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Young Forte Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Young Forte Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Forte Village
- Gibbs Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gibbs Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Village
- Highland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Pintlala
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pintlala is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pintlala
- Former name for Pintlala:
- Colquitt
- Montgomery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Capitol Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Capitol Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol Heights
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Boylston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boylston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Autauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
- Prattville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Melmar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Melmar is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmar
- Autaugaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Millbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Booth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Booth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Gibbons ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbons is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbons
- Jones Bluff Dam
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jones Bluff Dam is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bluff Dam
- Pine Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pine Level is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Independence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Statesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Statesville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Haynes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Marbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chilton County
- Mountain Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Crenshaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
- Highland Home
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Honoraville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Honoraville is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honoraville
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
- Old Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Tyler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Burnsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnsville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Casey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Casey is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Sardis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
- Prattville Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville Junction
- Robinson Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Coosada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deatsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Blue Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Fusihatchi ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fusihatchi is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusihatchi
- Wetumpka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adkin Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Adkin Hill is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkin Hill
- Adkin Hill has also been known as:
- Atkins Hill
- Holtville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Holtville is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtville
- Holtville has also been known as:
- Slapout
- Ware
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ware is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Lightwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lightwood is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightwood
- Claud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claud is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
- Burkville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burkville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
- Lowndesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hayneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Letohatchee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Letohatchee is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letohatchee
- Mosses
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mosses is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- White Hall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- White Hall is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
- Davenport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Davenport is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Gordonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Sandy Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Petronia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Petronia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronia
- Benton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Fort Deposit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Collirene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Collirene is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collirene
- Macon County
- Tysonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tysonville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tysonville
- Pike County
- Kent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Sinai, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Sinai.
Cemeteries Near Mount Sinai ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Sinai.
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 Mount Sinai - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Sinai covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haigler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cantelous Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Town Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Young Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Julian - McQueen Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (307 more) ...
- Kendal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wooten Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Mount Sinai in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Sinai.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Sinai, with the one closest to Mount Sinai listed first.
- Catoma
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Catoma is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoma
- Manack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Manack is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manack
- Stone's
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stone's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
- Burkville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burkville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
- McGehee's
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McGehee's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGehee's
- Hope Hull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Clair is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Lowndesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hayneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snowdoun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Snowdoun is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowdoun
- Letohatchee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Letohatchee is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letohatchee
- Montgomery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Prattville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tharin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tharin is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharin
- Jackson's Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson's Lake is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson's Lake
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Sinai. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Sinai.
Newspapers Published in Mount Sinai ...
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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Sinai.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Sinai, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Sinai.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Mount Sinai:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Autauga County
- Chilton County
- Crenshaw County
- Dallas County
- Elmore County
- Lowndes County
- Macon County
- Pike 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 Mount Sinai, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Sinai) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |