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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 Murphy Cross Roads (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 Murphy Cross Roads. 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 Murphy Cross Roads ...
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 Murphy Cross Roads: Murphy Xrds.
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.
Murphy Cross Roads is located in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County: Colbert, Lawrence, Limestone, Tishomingo (MS), Giles (TN), Hardin (TN), Lawrence (TN) & Wayne (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Murphy Cross Roads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Murphy Cross Roads:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Murphy Cross Roads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Threet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- McGee Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Zip City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Jacksonburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Pruitton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Cypress Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Mars Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Cherokee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Sheffield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- South Florence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Wilson Dam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Short
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Oldham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Iuka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Burnsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Holcut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Paden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Lowryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Bruton Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Pyburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Nixon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Nash Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Belle Meade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Hamburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Iron City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Saint Joseph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westpoint
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Rascal Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Loretto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Busby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Liberty Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Tulu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Lutts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Collinwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Corning ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Waynesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Murphy Cross Roads, see our County-by-County Page for Murphy Cross Roads.
Cemeteries Near Murphy Cross Roads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Murphy Cross Roads.
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 Murphy Cross Roads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Murphy Cross Roads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Francis - King - Lucas Public Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sharp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Balentine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Darby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McFalls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barkley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (774 more) ...
- Cooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stout Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dowdy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Murphy Cross Roads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Murphy Cross Roads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Murphy Cross Roads, with the one closest to Murphy Cross Roads listed first.
- Kendell ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kendell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendell
- Cypress Inn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Stout
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stout is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Gravelly Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Springs
- Wright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wright is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Rhodesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rhodesville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodesville
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Weatherford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Weatherford is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherford
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Lutts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Riverton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Victory ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Victory is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Murphy Cross Roads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Murphy Cross Roads.
Newspapers Published in Murphy Cross Roads ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Murphy Cross Roads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Murphy Cross Roads, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Murphy Cross Roads.
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 Murphy Cross Roads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Alcorn County
- Tishomingo County
- Hardin County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Wayne 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 Murphy Cross Roads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Murphy Cross Roads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |