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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Persons Bridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Persons Bridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Persons Bridge, 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 Persons Bridge (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 Persons Bridge. 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 Persons Bridge ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Persons Bridge: Persons Brg. (or less commonly used: Persons Brdg. or Persons Brdge.)
- While the name of this community is Persons Bridge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Persons Bridge may originally have been Person's Bridge.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Persons Bridge might be written as Person Bridge.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Persons Bridge is historic, it would have been located within present day Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County: Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon & Randolph.
Below are the counties that are near Persons Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Persons Bridge:
- Tallapoosa County (The home county of Persons Bridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Frog Eye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Dudleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Matilda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Daviston
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Truett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Emuckfaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- New Site
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Goldville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Camp Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dadeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Penton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Blackman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Abanda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Milltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Chapel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Red Level
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Clackville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- LaFayette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Doublehead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Stroud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Boyds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Motley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Mellow Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Cragford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Harkins Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Millerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Lineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Barfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Kellyton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Fishpond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Ray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Goodwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cottage Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Nixburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nixburg is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixburg
- Elmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Irma ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Irma is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Jordan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Hale County
- Erie ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Roxana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- The Bottle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Gwen Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Loachapoka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Opelika
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ridgewood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Chewacla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Liberty City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Liberty City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Notasulga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Wadley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Almond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Forester Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Peavy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Malone Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Roanoke
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Ofelia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- High Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Wedowee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Corbin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Glenn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Houston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Evansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- West Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North West Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Lake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Rockwell Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Persons Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Persons Bridge.
Cemeteries Near Persons Bridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Persons Bridge.
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 Persons Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Persons Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Sanders Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buttston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Germany Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bibby Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Punkin Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waites Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (384 more) ...
- Sims Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Daviston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daviston Cemetery
- The Daviston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Daviston Baptist Church 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.
While we didn't find Persons Bridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Persons Bridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Persons Bridge, with the one closest to Persons Bridge listed first.
- Denver
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Denver is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Buttston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buttston is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttston
- Dudleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Bosworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bosworth is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Matilda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Daviston
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Easton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Marcoot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marcoot is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoot
- Zana ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zana is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Blackman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Truett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Tohopeka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tohopeka is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tohopeka
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Judson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Emuckfaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Milltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Persons Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Persons Bridge.
Newspapers Published in Persons Bridge ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Persons Bridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Persons Bridge, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Persons Bridge.
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 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 Persons Bridge:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Tallapoosa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Coosa County
- Elmore County
- Hale County
- Lee County
- Macon County
- Randolph County
- Heard County
- Troup 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 Persons Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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- Persons Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |