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 Piedmont Springs (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 Piedmont Springs. 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 Piedmont Springs ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Piedmont Springs: Piedmont Spgs. (or less commonly used: Piedmont Spngs. or Piedmont Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Piedmont Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Piedmont Springs.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Piedmont Springs is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Saint Clair & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Piedmont Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Piedmont Springs:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Piedmont Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Piedmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nances Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Collins ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Merrellton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Dailey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Jacksonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Booker T City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Booker T City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T City
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Spring Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Ball Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Exie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Rock Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Moshat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Tecumseh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Centre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Noah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Clay County
- Elder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Grantley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Borden Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Palestine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Edwardsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Fruithurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Heflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Muscadine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Ai
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Abel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hopewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hollis Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Collinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Cotnam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Lickskillet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Rodentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Banner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Hokes Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Cobb City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Glencoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hale ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coat's Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Edwardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Burns Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Anderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- East Gadsden
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Ragland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Steele
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Coldwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Kentuck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Grant Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (GA)
- Jake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Floyd County (GA)
- Cave Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Felton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Budapest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tabernacle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Esom Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Etna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Cedartown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grady is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Piedmont Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Piedmont Springs.
Cemeteries Near Piedmont Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Piedmont Springs.
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 Piedmont Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Piedmont Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Littlejohn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nances Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boozer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wellborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Community Congregational Holiness Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCain's Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCain's Chapel Cemetery
- The McCain's Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- McCain Cemetery
- McCain's Chapel Methodist Cemetery
- McCain's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24288 <2>
- Dunn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goshen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (358 more) ...
- Goshen Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goshen Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Piedmont.
- The Goshen Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goshen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1413181 <2>
- Rabbittown Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ladiga Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Piedmont Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Piedmont Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Piedmont Springs, with the one closest to Piedmont Springs listed first.
- Nances Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Piedmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Merrellton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Jenkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jenkins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Gnatville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gnatville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnatville
- Ladiga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ladiga is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiga
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Jacksonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grantley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Spring Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Reaves
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reaves is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reaves
- Colvins Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- White Plains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Pleasant Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Gap is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Piedmont Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piedmont Springs.
Newspapers Published in Piedmont Springs ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Piedmont Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Piedmont Springs, 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 Piedmont Springs.
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 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 Piedmont Springs:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Haralson County
- Polk 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> | 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. |
| <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- Piedmont Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Piedmont Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |