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 West Greene (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 West Greene. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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 West Greene is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter & Tuscaloosa.
Below are the counties that are near New West Greene. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New West Greene:
- Greene County (The home county of New West Greene)
- The following are listed by their distance from New West Greene, with the one closest to New West Greene listed first.
- West Greene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Lewiston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Lizzieville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- Boligee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Mantua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mantua is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Miller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Eutaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Knoxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Forkland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Hale County
- The following are listed by their distance from New West Greene, with the one closest to New West Greene listed first.
- Oak Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Village is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Akron
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sawyerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Powers is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Moundville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from New West Greene, with the one closest to New West Greene listed first.
- Aliceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McMullen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- McMullen is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Olney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Olney is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
- Garden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Garden is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
- Benevola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benevola is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevola
- Memphis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Beaver Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beaver Town is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Town
- Pickensville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pickensville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
- Carrollton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carrollton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Archer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Archer is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Stansel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stansel is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansel
- Bell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bell is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Gordo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from New West Greene, with the one closest to New West Greene listed first.
- Gainesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Panola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Panola is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Geiger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Sumterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Epes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Epes is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Emelle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Livingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Boyd
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Moore Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Moore Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
- Brewersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Arrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arrington is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from New West Greene, with the one closest to New West Greene listed first.
- Ralph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Foster's
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elrod
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Kemper County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from New West Greene, with the one closest to New West Greene listed first.
- Binnsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Giles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Giles is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Scooba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Electric Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Wahalak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Sucarnoochee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Porterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Noxubee County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from New West Greene, with the one closest to New West Greene listed first.
- Cooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Ravine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ravine is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Shuqualak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Macon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Macon is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,384 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <1>
- Deerbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New West Greene, see our County-by-County Page for New West Greene.
Cemeteries Near New West Greene ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New West Greene.
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 West Greene - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New West Greene covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New West Greene, with the one closest to New West Greene listed first.
- Craig Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spencer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sardis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coleman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Demount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hutton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mobley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (366 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jamestown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find New West Greene in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New West Greene.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New West Greene, with the one closest to New West Greene listed first.
- West Greene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Mount Hebron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hebron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Warsaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Warsaw is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Pleasant Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Vienna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vienna is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Lewiston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Bridgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgeville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeville
- Boligee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Hamner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hamner is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamner
- Miller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Mantua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mantua is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Binnsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New West Greene. See our List of 1890's Communities around New West Greene.
Newspapers Published in New West Greene ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around New West Greene.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New West Greene, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New West Greene.
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 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 West Greene:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hale County
- Pickens County
- Sumter County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Kemper County
- Noxubee 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 New West Greene, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New West Greene) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |