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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 Eastaboga (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 Eastaboga. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Old Eastaboga is located in Talladega 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 Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.

Below are the counties that are near Old Eastaboga. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Eastaboga:

  • Talladega County     (The home county of Old Eastaboga)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.
    • Coldwater
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Coldwater is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
    • Grant Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Grant Town is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
    • Munford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Run
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Silver Run is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
    • Lincoln
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • McElderry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • McElderry is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
    • Colony
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Colony is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
    • Windsong Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
    • Kentuck
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Kentuck is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
    • Ironaton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Ironaton is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
    • Talladega
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Waldo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Waldo is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
  • Blount County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.
    • Straight Mountain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
    • Appalachian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Appalachian is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.
    • Eastaboga
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Bynum
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bynum is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
      • Bynum has also been known as:
      • Bynum's
    • Blue Eye ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
    • Eulaton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
    • Bruner ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bruner is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
    • Boozer ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Boozer is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
    • Cobb Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
    • Hobson City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
    • Cane Creek ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
    • Bera ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bera is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
    • Macon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Macon is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
    • Morrisville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.
    • Elder
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Elder is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
    • Erin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Erin is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
    • Haynes Crossroad
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
    • Chambers Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
    • Delta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Barfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Barfield is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
    • Ashland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ashland is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
    • Lineville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Harkins Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
    • Millerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Millerville is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
    • Cragford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cleburne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.
    • Abel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Abel is located in Cleburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
    • Hollis Crossroads
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
    • Heflin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Micaville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Micaville is located in Cleburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
    • Edwardsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
  • Etowah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.
    • Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
    • Markton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Markton is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
    • Pilgrims Rest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
    • Cobb City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Cobb City is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
    • Glencoe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Rainbow City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Burns Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Burns Park is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
    • Attalla
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • East Gadsden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
    • Gadsden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Hokes Bluff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Alabama City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Alabama City is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
  • Jefferson County
    • Leeds
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Leeds is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,026 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <1>
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.
    • Christiana
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Christiana is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
    • Ofelia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ofelia is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
    • Milner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Milner is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
  • Saint Clair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.
    • Riverside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Seddon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
    • Ragland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ragland is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ragland <1>
    • Avondale Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
    • Coal City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
    • Cropwell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Glen City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
    • Pell City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Wattsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
    • Easonville ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
    • Fountainrun ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
    • Cook's Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.
    • Calcis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Calcis is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
    • Sterrett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Harpersville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Vandiver
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Dunavant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Dunavant is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
    • Dunnavant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Eastaboga, see our County-by-County Page for Old Eastaboga.

Cemeteries Near Old Eastaboga ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Eastaboga.

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 Eastaboga - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Eastaboga covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.

  • Groce - Montgomery Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Plum Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pattons Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Creswell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cunningham - Pyles Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Coldwater Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Refuge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chief Chenneby Grave
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • New Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (288 more) ...

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 Old Eastaboga in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Eastaboga.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Eastaboga, with the one closest to Old Eastaboga listed first.

  • Eastaboga
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Turner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Turner is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
  • Bynum
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bynum is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
    • Bynum has also been known as:
    • Bynum's
  • Munford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jenifer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jenifer is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenifer
  • Coldwater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Coldwater is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Silver Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Silver Run is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
  • Lincoln
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • McElderry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • McElderry is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
  • Bruner ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bruner is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
  • Eulaton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
  • Refuge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Refuge is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Eureka
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Eureka is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Hopeful
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hopeful is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
    • Bera ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bera is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Eastaboga. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Eastaboga.

Newspapers Published in Old Eastaboga ...

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 Old Eastaboga.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Eastaboga, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Eastaboga.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Eastaboga:

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 Old Eastaboga, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Eastaboga) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.