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 Mountain 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 Mountain 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 Mountain 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.
Another variation: Mountainview.
- A typical abbreviation for Mountain View: Mountain Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mountain View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain 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 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.
Mountain View is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Mountain View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountain View:
- Marshall County (The home county of Mountain View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Gregory
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Wyeth City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wyeth City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth City
- Mill Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Rabbit Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Street ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Guntersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <1>
- Rayburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rayburn is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Warrenton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Albertville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hyatt
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- McLarty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Highmound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Bright Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Snead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brooksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Craig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Wynnville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Birdie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Clarence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Susan Moore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Cherokee County
- Sand Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Joppa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Baileyton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Holly Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Simcoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Berlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- East Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Rains ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Rogers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rodentown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Grove Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Chigger Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Crossville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Geraldine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Cotnam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Greer ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Sardis City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Aurora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Mountainboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Carlisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Walnut Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Whitesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Egypt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Howelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Haworth is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Altoona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Benson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Langston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Woodville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Aspel
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Paint Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Rock City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Section
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lim Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Larkinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Scottsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- New Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Berkley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Whitesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Gurley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Big Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- English Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Hulaco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Briscoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Morgan City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Apple Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Lacey's Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Florette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Valhermoso Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Winton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Steele
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whitney Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mountain View, see our County-by-County Page for Mountain View.
Cemeteries Near Mountain View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain 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 Mountain View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mountain View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. High Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crestview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Happy Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Little Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Guntersville City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Brashiers Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (559 more) ...
- Bodine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clear Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Mountain View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mountain View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Street ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Guntersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <1>
- Sidney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sidney is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Warrenton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Hyatt
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Albertville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Horton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Manchester is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- North ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Martling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Martling is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martling
- Henryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Henryville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mountain View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountain View.
Newspapers Published in Mountain 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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain View, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain View.
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 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 Mountain View:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cherokee County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Madison 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> | 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 Mountain View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Mountain View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |