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 Napoleon (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 Napoleon. 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.
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.
Napoleon is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Tallapoosa, Carroll (GA), Heard (GA) & Troup (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Napoleon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Napoleon:
- Randolph County (The home county of Napoleon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Woodland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Sewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- West
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- High Shoals
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Wedowee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Rockdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Morrison Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Milner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Roanoke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Iron City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Choccolocco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- De Armanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Friendship
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Doublehead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Clackville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Red Level
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Standing Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Stroud
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Abanda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Milltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Five Points
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Penton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Chapel Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Fredonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Cragford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Delta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Motley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Haynes Crossroad
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Lineville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mellow Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Elder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Ashland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Ranburne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hightower
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Micaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Hopewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hollis Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Ai
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Abel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Heflin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Fruithurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Muscadine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Talladega County
- Kentuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Truett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Daviston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Emuckfaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Frog Eye
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Goldville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Matilda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Tyus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Bowdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Roopville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Lowell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Bowers Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Fairlawn Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Jake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Mount Zion
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdon Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coweta County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Sargent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Waco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waco is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
- Budapest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tallapoosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bremen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Frolona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Yates Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Ephesus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- O'Neals Crossroad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Glenn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centralhatchee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Houston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Corinth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Graysons Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Abbottsford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Sunny Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- West Lake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Asta Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Rockwell Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Hogansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- LaGrange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Louise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louise is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Napoleon, see our County-by-County Page for Napoleon.
Cemeteries Near Napoleon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Napoleon.
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 Napoleon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Napoleon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- East Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Rocky Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Highway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Highway Ridge Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Big Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- High Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Midway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (462 more) ...
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Napoleon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Napoleon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
- Haywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Waldrep
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Waldrep is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrep
- Potash
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Potash is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potash
- Omaha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Omaha is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- West
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Lamar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Sewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- High Shoals
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Wehadkee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wehadkee is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehadkee
- Frolona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Wedowee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cornhouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornhouse is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornhouse
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Rockdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Napoleon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Napoleon.
Newspapers Published in Napoleon ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Napoleon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Napoleon, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Napoleon.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Napoleon:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Talladega County
- Tallapoosa County
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Troup 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 Napoleon, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Napoleon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |