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 New Jagger (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 New Jagger. 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 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.
New Jagger is located in Walker 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 Walker County: Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Jefferson, Marion, Tuscaloosa & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near New Jagger. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Jagger:
- Walker County (The home county of New Jagger)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- Jasper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gamble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gamble is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble
- Townley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Townley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townley
- Edgil
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edgil is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgil
- Saragossa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saragossa is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saragossa
- Coal Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Camak Mills ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Camak Mills is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camak Mills
- Oakman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oakman is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Former names for Oakman:
- Day's Gap
- Marietta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakman <1>
- Parrish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parrish is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- South Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Lowell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lowell
- America
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- America is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Corona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- Red Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Reid's
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Warrior
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- Ardell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ardell is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
- Arkadelphia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crane Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- The Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- The Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Black Bottom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Damascus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chances Crossroad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chances Crossroad is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chances Crossroad
- Trimble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trimble is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- Alta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alta is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Berry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bankston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bankston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Bazemore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bazemore is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazemore
- Glen Allen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Glen Allen is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Rossland City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rossland City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
- Fayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Old Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Kirkland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kirkland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- Media
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Media is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Media
- West Jefferson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Robbins Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Black Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Sayre
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sayre is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Short Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Short Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Graysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toadvine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toadvine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadvine
- Alden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alden is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Adamsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- Rock City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rock City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Brilliant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thornhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- New Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Lexington is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Bull City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Samantha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- Falls City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Falls City is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Slick Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Slick Ford is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Ford
- Farriss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Farriss is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farriss
- Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Arley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Double Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Houston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Natural Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Mary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Mary is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mary
- Addison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Delmar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Ashridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ashridge is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Jagger, see our County-by-County Page for New Jagger.
Cemeteries Near New Jagger ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Jagger.
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 New Jagger - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Jagger covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dutton Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Steadman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Self Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lawson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lollar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Reid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tubbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sardis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sardis Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Jasper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26093 <2>
- Continue List (538 more) ...
- Kings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Easly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boshell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<4>
While we didn't find New Jagger in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Jagger.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Jagger, with the one closest to New Jagger listed first.
- Jasper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gamble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gamble is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble
- Townley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Townley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townley
- Edgil
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edgil is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgil
- Coal Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Saragossa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saragossa is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saragossa
- Parrish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parrish is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- South Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Lowell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lowell
- Corona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Patton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Patton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Cordova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Carbon Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Alta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alta is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Jagger. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Jagger.
Newspapers Published in New Jagger ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Jagger.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Jagger, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Jagger.
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 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 New Jagger:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Walker County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- Fayette County
- Jefferson County
- Marion County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Winston 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> | 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- New Jagger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 New Jagger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |