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 Nixon Chapel (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 Nixon Chapel. 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 and doctors 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.
Nixon Chapel is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Nixon Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nixon Chapel:
- Marshall County (The home county of Nixon Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
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- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
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- Hyatt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
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- Douglas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Horton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Street ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Street is located in Marshall County
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- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
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- Askea Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Whitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
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- Gregory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Rabbit Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- McLarty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
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- Bright Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
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- Highmound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Brooksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Snead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Craig
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Clarence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Susan Moore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Wynnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Birdie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Calhoun County
- Southside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- Joppa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baileyton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Holly Pond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Baileytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Berlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Simcoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Hanceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- White City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cullman County
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- Garden City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Cullman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rains ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Rogers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Rodentown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
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- Marcus ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Crossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chigger Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Geraldine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Cotnam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
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- Lakeview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- Walnut Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Greer ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Altoona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Nix ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Carlisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
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- Mountainboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Sardis City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Egypt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Howelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
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- Benson ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
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- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
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- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- Langston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- New Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Berkley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- Hulaco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Apple Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
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- Briscoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
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- Morgan City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Eva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Florette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
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- Lacey's Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valhermoso Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Lacon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
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- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- Steele
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Ashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Springville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nixon Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Nixon Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Nixon Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nixon Chapel.
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 Nixon Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nixon Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- Nixons Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nesmith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (512 more) ...
- Red Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berry - Brookshire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Nixon Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nixon Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nixon Chapel, with the one closest to Nixon Chapel listed first.
- McLarty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Bright Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Hyatt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Highmound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Red Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Brooksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Horton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Sidney
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sidney is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Snead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Street ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Diamond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Diamond is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Strawberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nixon Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nixon Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Nixon Chapel ...
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 Nixon Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nixon Chapel, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nixon Chapel.
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 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 Nixon Chapel:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Saint Clair 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 Nixon Chapel, 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- Nixon Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |