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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 Poseys Crossroads (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 Poseys Crossroads. 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 Poseys Crossroads ...
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 Poseys Crossroads: Poseys Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Poseys Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Poseys Crossroads may originally have been Posey's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Poseys Crossroads might be written as Posey Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Poseys Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Poseys Crossroads.
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 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.
Poseys Crossroads is located in Autauga 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 Autauga County: Chilton, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Poseys Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poseys Crossroads:
- Autauga County (The home county of Poseys Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Gibbons ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbons is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbons
- Pine Level
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pine Level is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- White City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Booth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Booth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Haynes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Melmar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Melmar is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmar
- Prattville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Marbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Billingsley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Autaugaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Statesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Statesville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Tucker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Lawley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawley is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawley
- Randolph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Chilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Mountain Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Verbena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Verbena is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Clanton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Adams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Maplesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stanton is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Riderville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Riderville is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderville
- Thorsby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jumbo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jumbo is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Jemison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Dollar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dollar is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Pentonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pentonville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentonville
- Equality
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Equality is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Rockford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Burnsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Burnsville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Plantersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plantersville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
- Tyler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Casey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Casey is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Valley Grande
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Valley Grande is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grande
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,468 people
- Old Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Selma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Deatsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Robinson Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Coosada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holtville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holtville is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtville
- Holtville has also been known as:
- Slapout
- Lightwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lightwood is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightwood
- Adkin Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Adkin Hill is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkin Hill
- Adkin Hill has also been known as:
- Atkins Hill
- Elmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Prattville Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville Junction
- Titus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wetumpka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blue Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Fusihatchi ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fusihatchi is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusihatchi
- Central
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Burkville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Burkville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
- White Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- White Hall is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
- Lowndesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Petronia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Petronia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronia
- Hayneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mosses
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mosses is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Gordonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Letohatchee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Letohatchee is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letohatchee
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Boylston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Boylston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Stone's
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stone's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
- Catoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Catoma is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoma
- Gibbs Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibbs Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Village
- Highland Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Capitol Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Capitol Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol Heights
- Young Forte Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Young Forte Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Forte Village
- English Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Madison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Hope Hull
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poseys Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Poseys Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Poseys Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poseys Crossroads.
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 Poseys Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poseys Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Wilsons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Kingston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Holland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lucas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Owens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manning Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Golson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Booth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Level Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tatum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- DeJarnett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill African Methodist (AME) Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Poseys Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Poseys Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poseys Crossroads, with the one closest to Poseys Crossroads listed first.
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Prattville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deatsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wadsworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wadsworth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
- Mountain Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Autaugaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Robinson Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Coosa River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coosa River is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa River
- Billingsley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Verbena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Verbena is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Holtville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holtville is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtville
- Holtville has also been known as:
- Slapout
- Lightwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lightwood is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightwood
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cooper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cooper is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Elmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poseys Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poseys Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Poseys Crossroads ...
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 Poseys Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poseys Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poseys Crossroads.
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 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 Poseys Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Autauga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Chilton County
- Coosa County
- Dallas County
- Elmore County
- Lowndes County
- Montgomery County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Poseys Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Poseys Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |