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 View (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 View. 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 View ...
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 View: Mt. View
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount View.
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 View is located in Blount 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 Blount County: Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, Marshall, Saint Clair, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Mount View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount View:
- Blount County (The home county of Mount View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Craig
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Brooksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Bright Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Clarence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Susan Moore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Royal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Snead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fridays Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Wynnville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Birdie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Calhoun County
- Southside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Holly Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baileytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Baileyton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Berlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Simcoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Garden City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Hanceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- White City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- East Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Cullman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rains ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Rodentown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Rogers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Crossville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Walnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Altoona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Gallant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Greer ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Howelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Egypt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Benson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Carlisle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Ivalee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Masseyline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Trafford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Village Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
- Ayres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Palmerdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palmerdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerdale
- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crosston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crosston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosston
- Kimberly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Madison County
- New Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Douglas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Hyatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Askea Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Horton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Whitesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Street ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Arab
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hog Jaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Hulaco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Apple Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Eva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briscoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Florette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Morgan City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Lacey's Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lacon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
- Valhermoso Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Steele
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Ashville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Branchville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Argo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Margaret
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Odenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount View, see our County-by-County Page for Mount View.
Cemeteries Near Mount View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount View.
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 View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Gibbs Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gunter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Brooksville.
- The Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dickson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22504 <3>
- Alldredge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sivley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lamb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lamb Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Clarence
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brooksville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the north of Oneonta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23519 <3>
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (451 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Mount View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount View, with the one closest to Mount View listed first.
- Tappan ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tappan is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Royal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Clarence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Bright Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Brooksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Wynnville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Snead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Highmound
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- McLarty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Blountsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bird ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Walnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount View.
Newspapers Published in Mount View ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount View, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount View.
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 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 Mount View:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Saint Clair 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount View) 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 Mount View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |