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 Old Coloma (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 Old Coloma. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Old Coloma 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 Old Coloma. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Coloma:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Old Coloma)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Exie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Spring Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Moshat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Ball Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Rock Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Tucker Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Noah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tecumseh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Howells Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- 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
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Collins ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Dailey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Nances Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Colvins Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Merrellton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Jacksonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Angel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Booker T City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Booker T City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T City
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Borden Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Grantley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Oak Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Fruithurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Muscadine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Heflin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ai
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Hopewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Lickskillet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Collinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sigsbee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Cotnam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Adamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Dawson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Rodentown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Crossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Banner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Ballplay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Hale ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Hokes Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coat's Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Edwardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Wilsonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Cobb City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Glencoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burns Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Cave Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Robealou Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Brice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Silver Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Lindale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemont Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Mount Berry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
- Summerville Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Felton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tallapoosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Budapest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Etna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Esom Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grady is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Seney
(28 miles [45.1 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Coloma, see our County-by-County Page for Old Coloma.
Cemeteries Near Old Coloma ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Coloma.
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 Old Coloma - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Coloma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goshen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goshen Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goshen Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Piedmont.
- The Goshen Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goshen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1413181 <3>
- Farmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sheepskin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sardis Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (383 more) ...
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moshat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Old Coloma in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Coloma.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Coloma, with the one closest to Old Coloma listed first.
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Gnatville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gnatville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnatville
- Exie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Spring Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Bomar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bomar is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomar
- Ladiga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ladiga is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiga
- Pleasant Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Gap is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Moshat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Key
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Key is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Piedmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Noah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rock Run Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rock Run Station is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run Station
- Plano
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plano is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Centre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Coloma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Coloma.
Newspapers Published in Old Coloma ...
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 Old Coloma.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Coloma, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Coloma.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Old Coloma:
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Old Coloma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Old Coloma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |