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 Patton Ferry (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 Patton Ferry. 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.
Patton Ferry is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Patton Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Patton Ferry:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Patton Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Patton Ferry, with the one closest to Patton Ferry listed first.
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Toadvine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Toadvine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadvine
- Ezra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ezra is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezra
- Black Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Short Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Short Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Rock Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Adger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Johns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Johns is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hueytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sylvan Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bullard Shoals ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bullard Shoals is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullard Shoals
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patton Ferry, with the one closest to Patton Ferry listed first.
- Blocton Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blocton Junction is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton Junction
- Blocton Junction has also been known as:
- Blockton Junc
- Green Pond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Bibb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Bibb is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bibb
- Woodstock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burmah ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burmah is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmah
- West Blocton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blocton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blocton is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton
- Bucktown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bucktown is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Corinne ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corinne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
- Italian Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Italian Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Town
- Belle Ellen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Ellen is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ellen
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patton Ferry, with the one closest to Patton Ferry listed first.
- Alta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alta is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Berry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bankston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bankston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Rossland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rossland City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patton Ferry, with the one closest to Patton Ferry listed first.
- Bamford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bamford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Tulse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tulse is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
- Aden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aden is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
- Falliston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Falliston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
- Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sawmill Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sawmill Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Town
- Tacoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patton Ferry, with the one closest to Patton Ferry listed first.
- Bull City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Kellerman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kellerman is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerman
- Abernant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abernant is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernant
- Brookwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Samantha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
- Peterson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Peterson is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Lake Front Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Front Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Front Village
- Tannehill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Holt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holt is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Wood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Village
- New Lexington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Lexington is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patton Ferry, with the one closest to Patton Ferry listed first.
- Goodsprings
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Goodsprings is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Oakman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oakman is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Former names for Oakman:
- Day's Gap
- Marietta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakman <1>
- Reeds Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Patton Junction ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patton Junction is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- America
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- America is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Parrish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Parrish is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Barney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barney is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Twilley Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Corona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Coal Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coal Valley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Quinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Patton Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Patton Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Patton Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Patton Ferry.
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 Patton Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Patton Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Patton Ferry, with the one closest to Patton Ferry listed first.
- Warrior Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Patton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Providence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spencer Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Heard Shoal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prudes Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dug Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Whitson Place Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Toadvine Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Weaver Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Prescott Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
While we didn't find Patton Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Patton Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Patton Ferry, with the one closest to Patton Ferry listed first.
- Toadvine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Toadvine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadvine
- Wiley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wiley is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- Ezra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ezra is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezra
- Short Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Short Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Yolande
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yolande is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yolande
- Sumter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sumter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Adger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Patton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Samantha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
- Brookwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chinn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chinn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinn
- Bullard Shoals ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bullard Shoals is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullard Shoals
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Porter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Porter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Corona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Parrish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Parrish is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Patton Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Patton Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Patton Ferry ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Patton Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Patton Ferry, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Patton Ferry.
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 websites either 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 Patton Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Fayette County
- Shelby County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Walker 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 Patton Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Patton Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |