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 Texas (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 Texas. 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 hospitals 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 Texas is located in Monroe County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia & Wilcox.
Below are the counties that are near Old Texas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Texas:
- Monroe County (The home county of Old Texas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Texas, with the one closest to Old Texas listed first.
- Pineville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Pine Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Pine Orchard is located in Monroe County
- Beatrice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatrice have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatrice
- Beatrice is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beatrice <2>
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Monroe County
- Lovan ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Natchez
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Tunnel Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Springs
- Tunnel Springs is located in Monroe County
- Former name for Tunnel Springs:
- Kempsville
- Burnt Corn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Corn
- Burnt Corn is located in Monroe County
- Peterman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterman
- Peterman is located in Monroe County
- Vredenburgh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vredenburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vredenburgh
- Vredenburgh is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Hybart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hybart
- Hybart is located in Monroe County
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Monroeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeville
- Monroeville is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,623 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroeville <2>
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Texas, with the one closest to Old Texas listed first.
- Forest Home
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Home have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Forest Home is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Home <2>
- Starlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlington
- Starlington is located in Butler County
- Bolling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Georgiana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgiana have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgiana
- Georgiana is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,613 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgiana <2>
- Chapman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,349 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <2>
- McKenzie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKenzie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
- McKenzie is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McKenzie <2>
- Oaky Streak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oaky Streak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaky Streak
- Oaky Streak is located in Butler County
- Conecuh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Texas, with the one closest to Old Texas listed first.
- Mixonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixonville
- Mixonville is located in Conecuh County
- Commerce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Ramah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah
- Ramah is located in Conecuh County
- Bermuda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Bermuda is located in Conecuh County
- Evergreen
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Evergreen is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <2>
- Belleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Belleville is located in Conecuh County
- Old Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Conecuh County
- Jay Villa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Villa
- Jay Villa is located in Conecuh County
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Repton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
- Repton is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Repton <2>
- Nymph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nymph
- Nymph is located in Conecuh County
- Mount Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Union have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Mount Union is located in Conecuh County
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Texas, with the one closest to Old Texas listed first.
- Minter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Carlowville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlowville
- Carlowville is located in Dallas County
- Richmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Dallas County
- Kings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Belknap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Texas, with the one closest to Old Texas listed first.
- Bragg's
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Fort Deposit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Fort Deposit is located in Lowndes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Deposit <2>
- Collirene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wilcox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Texas, with the one closest to Old Texas listed first.
- Awin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - McWilliams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McWilliams have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- McWilliams is located in Wilcox County
- Pine Apple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Apple
- Pine Apple is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Schuster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Caledonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Furman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furman
- Furman is located in Wilcox County
- Snow Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Ackerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackerville
- Ackerville is located in Wilcox County
- Camden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Camden is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <2>
- Nellie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Asahel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asahel
- Asahel is located in Wilcox County
- Boykin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
- Boykin is located in Wilcox County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Texas, see our County-by-County Page for Old Texas.
Newspapers Published in Old Texas ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Texas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Texas, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Texas.
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 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 Old Texas:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Conecuh County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dallas County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lowndes County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wilcox County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Butler County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
Cemeteries Near Old Texas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Texas.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Texas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Texas, with the one closest to Old Texas listed first.
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
- Jenkins Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Chapel Cemetery
- Solomon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Solomon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Solomon Cemetery
- Middleton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middleton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middleton Cemetery
- Midway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Midway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Midway Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
- Beard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beard Cemetery
- Grimes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grimes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grimes Cemetery
- Bethel West Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel West Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel West Cemetery
- Pineview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pineview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pineview Cemetery
- McWilliams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McWilliams Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #884939 <5>
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bethel Cemetery
- Continue List (241 more) ...
- Turnbull Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turnbull Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turnbull Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Turnbull Cemetery
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.<6>
While we didn't find Old Texas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Texas.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Texas, with the one closest to Old Texas listed first.
- Awin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Commerce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Riley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Skinnerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skinnerton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnerton
- Skinnerton is located in Conecuh County
- Pine Apple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Apple
- Pine Apple is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Turnbull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Butler Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Springs
- Butler Springs is located in Butler County
- Caledonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Turkestan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Pineville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Shacklesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shacklesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shacklesville
- Shacklesville is located in Butler County
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (16 more) ...
- Allenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Forest Home
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Home have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Forest Home is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Home <2>
- Monterey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allenton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Texas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Texas.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Texas. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Texas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Texas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7696, Longitude: -87.0003 In this case, the coordinates for Old Texas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Texas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |