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 Monrovia (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 Monrovia. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Monrovia is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Jackson, Limestone, Marshall, Morgan, Franklin (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Old Monrovia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Monrovia:
- Madison County (The home county of Old Monrovia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Monrovia, with the one closest to Old Monrovia listed first.
- Monrovia
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Rideout Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Jeff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Harvest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Normal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chelsea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Chase
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Mercury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Madison Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Greenwycke Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Monrovia, with the one closest to Old Monrovia listed first.
- Paint Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Trenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hollytree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Princeton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Pleasant Groves
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Francisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Lim Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Lauderdale County
- Confluence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Lawrence County
- Hillsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Monrovia, with the one closest to Old Monrovia listed first.
- Capshaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Center Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Fairmount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Swancott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Belle Mina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Country Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Caro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Mooresville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tanner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ardmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Monrovia, with the one closest to Old Monrovia listed first.
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Ruth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Union Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Grant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Monrovia, with the one closest to Old Monrovia listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Lacey's Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Valhermoso Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Decatur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Priceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Somerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Austinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Burningtree Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Moulton Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Russell Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Simpson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Monrovia, with the one closest to Old Monrovia listed first.
- Ardmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Wheelerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Prospect
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pisgah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Monrovia, with the one closest to Old Monrovia listed first.
- Cash Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Camargo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Coldwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Park City Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Howell Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Molino
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Dellrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pearl City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Corder Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Flintville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Clarks Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Monrovia, see our County-by-County Page for Old Monrovia.
Cemeteries Near Old Monrovia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Monrovia.
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 Monrovia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Monrovia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Monrovia, with the one closest to Old Monrovia listed first.
- Fowlkes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Holder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Huntsville Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Binford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maddera Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Scruggs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Morgan - Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Seay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1090 more) ...
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Seay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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 Monrovia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Monrovia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Monrovia, with the one closest to Old Monrovia listed first.
- Monrovia
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Jeff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Cluttsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cluttsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluttsville
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gladstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Mercury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Madison Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Meridianville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenbrier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Moore's Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Swancott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Triana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Haden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haden is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Monrovia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Monrovia.
Newspapers Published in Old Monrovia ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Monrovia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Monrovia, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Monrovia.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Monrovia:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lincoln 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 Monrovia) 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 Monrovia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |