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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Poplar Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Poplar Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Poplar Creek, 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 Poplar Creek (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 Poplar Creek. 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 Poplar Creek ...
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 Poplar Creek: Poplar Crk. (or less commonly used: Poplar Ck. or Poplar Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Poplar Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Poplar Creek.
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 hospitals and 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 Poplar Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Colbert 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 Colbert County: Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Poplar Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poplar Creek:
- Colbert County (The home county of Poplar Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
- Leighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Littleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- White House Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Nitrate City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- Muscle Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ford City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tuscumbia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Sheffield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Florence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Churntown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Rockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Spruce Pine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Belgreen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Phil Campbell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Hodges
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burntout
(29 miles [46.7 km] 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
- Pleasant Site
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Bainbridge ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Florence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Killen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cypress Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Mars Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Saint Florian
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Dells Vista Shores
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Elgin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Bailey Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bailey Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Springs
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Edmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hatton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Town Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Courtland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Muck City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- North Courtland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Red Bank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Mountain Home
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Poplar Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Ripley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Lentzville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Cairo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Bear Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hackleburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Trinity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Moulton Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Simpson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Pebble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Littleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Ashridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ashridge is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashridge
- Haleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Grayson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Ellaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ellaville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellaville
- Boar Tush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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
- Delmar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Delmar is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Rascal Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Iron City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Saint Joseph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poplar Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Poplar Creek.
Cemeteries Near Poplar Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poplar Creek.
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 Poplar Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poplar Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Gargis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gargas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Masterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blythe Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aycock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bob Saint Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Saint Cemetery
- The Bob Saint Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bob Saints Cemetery
- St. Cemetery
- Rand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethsaida Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (743 more) ...
- Mt. Zion FWB Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Preuit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Poplar Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Poplar Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poplar Creek, with the one closest to Poplar Creek listed first.
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Bingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bingham is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Edmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Leighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hatton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Littleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Newburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Town Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waco is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mount Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Landersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Landersville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poplar Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poplar Creek.
Newspapers Published in Poplar Creek ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poplar Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poplar Creek, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poplar Creek.
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 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 Poplar Creek:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Colbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Marion County
- Morgan County
- Winston County
- Lawrence 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 Poplar Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poplar Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |