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 Piney Bend (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 Piney Bend. 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 Piney Bend ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Piney Bend: Piney Bnd.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Piney Bend is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Colbert, Lawrence, Marion, Winston, Itawamba (MS) & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Piney Bend. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Piney Bend:
- Franklin County (The home county of Piney Bend)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Burntout
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Vina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vina is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Belgreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Pleasant Site
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Red Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hodges
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Russellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spruce Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Phil Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Churntown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Denton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Bishop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Red Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Cherokee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Littleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- White House Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Spring Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Tuscumbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Cypress Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Mount Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Hackleburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Weston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Bear Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Thornhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thornhill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Pikeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pikeville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Stinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stinson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Haleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boar Tush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boar Tush is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boar Tush
- Boar Tush has also been known as:
- Boar Tusk
- Boartush
- Boartusk
- Littleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Pebble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Delmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Glen Mary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Mary is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Mary
- Itawamba County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Bounds Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Eastman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Tremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Mantachie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Burton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- New Site
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Marietta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altitude
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Golden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dennis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Tishomingo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Paden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Oldham
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Holcut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Iuka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Piney Bend, see our County-by-County Page for Piney Bend.
Cemeteries Near Piney Bend ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Piney Bend.
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 Piney Bend - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Piney Bend covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Bolin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Burnout Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnout Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burnout Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Burntout
- Burntout Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burntout Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Burntout
- Sparks Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burleson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burleson Cemetery
- The Burleson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Burleson Cemetery
- Osborn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Nauvoo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Weatherbee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Frankfort Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tompkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson Strickland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (605 more) ...
- Halltown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Baggett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Overton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Piney Bend in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Piney Bend.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Piney Bend, with the one closest to Piney Bend listed first.
- Belgreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Pleasant Site
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Red Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Denton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rockwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Frankfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Isbell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Isbell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Belmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maud is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Shottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shottsville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shottsville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hackleburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Spruce Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Russellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Piney Bend. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piney Bend.
Newspapers Published in Piney Bend ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Piney Bend.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Piney Bend, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Piney Bend.
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 Piney Bend:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Winston County
- Itawamba County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Piney Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Piney Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |