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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Old Goshen Center. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Old Goshen Center to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Old Goshen Center, please Contact Us.
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 Goshen Center (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 Goshen Center. 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 Old Goshen Center ...
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 Old Goshen Center: Old Goshen Ctr. (or less commonly used: Old Goshen Cen., Old Goshen Cent. or Old Goshen Cntr.)
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Old Goshen Center is historic, it would have been located within present day Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Saint Clair & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Old Goshen Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Goshen Center:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Old Goshen Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Dailey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collins ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Nances Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Merrellton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Colvins Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Jacksonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Booker T City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Booker T City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T City
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Spring Garden
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Exie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Rock Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Tecumseh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Ball Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Moshat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Noah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Centre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Howells Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Borden Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Grantley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Oak Level
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Heflin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ai
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Hopewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Abel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Collinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Lickskillet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Cotnam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Adamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Banner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Ballplay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Hokes Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coat's Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Cobb City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Turkeytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Glencoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilsonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Anderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Edwardsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Burns Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Carroll County (GA)
- Jake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Cave Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Brice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brice is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Robealou Acres
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Lindale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- 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
- Wax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wax is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Felton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tallapoosa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Budapest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Waco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waco is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <2>
- Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Esom Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Etna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 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
(27 miles [43.5 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)
- Rockmart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Goshen Center, see our County-by-County Page for Old Goshen Center.
Cemeteries Near Old Goshen Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Goshen Center.
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 Goshen Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Goshen Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ladiga Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Farmer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Goshen Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- 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]<4> 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>
- Hanks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Gap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Borden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (381 more) ...
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Arrington Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Old Goshen Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Goshen Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Goshen Center, with the one closest to Old Goshen Center listed first.
- Ladiga
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ladiga is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiga
- Spring Garden
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Piedmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Gap is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Rock Run Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock Run Station is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run Station
- Borden Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Exie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Gnatville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gnatville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnatville
- Grantley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Nances Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tecumseh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Bluffton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bluffton is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Oak Level
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Goshen Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Goshen Center.
Newspapers Published in Old Goshen Center ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Goshen Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Goshen Center, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Goshen Center.
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 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 Goshen Center:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Carroll County
- Chattooga County
- Floyd County
- Haralson County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Goshen Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Old Goshen Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |