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 Oleander (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 Oleander. 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 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.
Oleander is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Oleander. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oleander:
- Marshall County (The home county of Oleander)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Ruth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Union Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hog Jaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Arab
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grassy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Scant City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Askea Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Warrenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Birdie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Brooksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- McLarty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Bright Star
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Craig
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Highmound
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Snead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blountsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clarence
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Joppa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Baileyton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Holly Pond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Simcoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Baileytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Berlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- East Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- South Vinemont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Vinemont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cullman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- White City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Rogers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Grove Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Rains ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Chigger Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Geraldine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Greer ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Walnut Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Sardis City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Altoona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Paint Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Woodville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aspel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Langston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Lim Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Trenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Groves
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Larkinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Swancott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Mooresville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Mina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Capshaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Harris Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Whitesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- New Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- English Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Berkley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Big Cove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Triana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Chelsea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Greenwycke Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Gurley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Briscoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Morgan City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Apple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Ryan Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Hulaco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Lacey's Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valhermoso Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Florette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Winton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Eva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oleander, see our County-by-County Page for Oleander.
Cemeteries Near Oleander ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oleander.
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 Oleander - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oleander covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Skidmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nearen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beech Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rescue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prince Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Compton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crawford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilliam Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gilliam Springs Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arab.
- The Gilliam Springs Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gilliam Springs Cemetery
- Continue List (748 more) ...
- New Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cloud Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Short Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oleander had a population of 158 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oleander, with the one closest to Oleander listed first.
- Apple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Union Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Briscoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Arab
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grassy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Hulaco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Joppa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Diamond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Warrenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Valhermoso Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodland Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Mills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Baileyton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strawberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Strawberry is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oleander. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oleander.
Newspapers Published in Oleander ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oleander.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oleander, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oleander.
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 Oleander:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Morgan 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> | 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 Oleander, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Oleander) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |