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 Newberry Crossroads (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 Newberry Crossroads. 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 Newberry Crossroads ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Newberry Crossroads: Newberry 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Newberry Crossroads is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Calhoun, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Chattooga (GA), Floyd (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Newberry Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newberry Crossroads:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Newberry Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Howells Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Tucker Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Noah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Cedar Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Moshat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Lawrence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Kirk's Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Centre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gaylesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Exie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Dailey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Piedmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Collins ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Colvins Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Nances Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Merrellton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Jacksonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mack ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Palestine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Grantley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Oak Level
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Fruithurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Lickskillet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Mount Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Dog Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Adamsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Collinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Fort Payne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bootsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dawson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Cotnam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Ballplay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Banner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Hale ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Coat's Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Hokes Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Keener
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Edwardsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Yancy
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <1>
- Berryton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Cloudland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Summerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Zula ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Trion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trion is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trion <1>
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Cave Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Robealou Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Atlanta Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Lindale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Mount Berry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Silver Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Haralson County (GA)
- Felton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Etna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Esom Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Seney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Seney is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Aragon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newberry Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Newberry Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Newberry Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newberry Crossroads.
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 Newberry Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newberry Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Calcedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Howell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bates Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Noah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fife Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Alexis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Howell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Neal Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Neal Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Centre.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24852 <2>
- Moshat Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (390 more) ...
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Newberry Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newberry Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newberry Crossroads, with the one closest to Newberry Crossroads listed first.
- Noah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Bomar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bomar is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomar
- Alexis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alexis is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Moshat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Cedar Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Key
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Key is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Waterhouse
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waterhouse is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterhouse
- Lawrence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Kirk's Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Centre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Exie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Farill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newberry Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newberry Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Newberry Crossroads ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newberry Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newberry Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newberry Crossroads.
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 helpful 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 Newberry Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Chattooga County
- Floyd County
- Haralson County
- Polk 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 Newberry Crossroads, 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- Newberry Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |