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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 Prattville Junction (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 Prattville Junction. 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 Prattville Junction ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Prattville Junction: Prattville Jct. (or less commonly used: Prattville Jctn.)

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.

Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County.

To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Elmore County: Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Macon, Montgomery & Tallapoosa.

Below are the counties that are near Prattville Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prattville Junction:

  • Elmore County     (The home county of Prattville Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville Junction, with the one closest to Prattville Junction listed first.
    • Coosada
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Robinson Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
      • Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
    • Elmore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Deatsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deatsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville
      • Deatsville is located in Elmore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deatsville <1>
    • Blue Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
      • Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
    • Adkin Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Wetumpka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Holtville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fusihatchi ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fusihatchi have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusihatchi
      • Fusihatchi is located in Elmore County
    • Titus
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Ware
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ware. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
      • Ware is located in Elmore County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ware
      • From Prattville Junction to Ware
    • Lightwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Claud
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claud have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
      • Claud is located in Elmore County
  • Autauga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville Junction, with the one closest to Prattville Junction listed first.
    • Millbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
      • Millbrook is located in Autauga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millbrook <1>
    • Prattville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Melmar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pine Level
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Booth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
      • Booth is located in Autauga County
    • Gibbons ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Marbury
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Autaugaville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Autaugaville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
      • Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
    • White City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in Autauga County
    • Independence
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Haynes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haynes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
      • Haynes is located in Autauga County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Haynes
      • From Prattville Junction to Haynes
    • Billingsley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones Bluff Dam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Bullock County
  • Chilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville Junction, with the one closest to Prattville Junction listed first.
    • Mountain Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Verbena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clanton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clanton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clanton
      • Clanton is located in Chilton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,764 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clanton <1>
  • Coosa County
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville Junction, with the one closest to Prattville Junction listed first.
    • Burkville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burkville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
      • Burkville is located in Lowndes County
    • Lowndesboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowndesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndesboro
      • Lowndesboro is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowndesboro <1>
    • White Hall
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Letohatchee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Hayneville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Davenport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
      • Davenport is located in Lowndes County
    • Mosses
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Petronia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Benton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Benton is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Gordonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville Junction, with the one closest to Prattville Junction listed first.
    • Tysonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Shorter
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorter
      • Shorter is located in Macon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shorter <1>
    • Calebee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hornady
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hornady have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornady
      • Hornady is located in Macon County
    • La Place
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville Junction, with the one closest to Prattville Junction listed first.
    • Boylston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • New Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
      • New Town is located in Montgomery County
    • Capitol Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gibbs Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbs Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Village
      • Gibbs Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Highland Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Madison
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Madison is located in Montgomery County
    • Young Forte Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Young Forte Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Forte Village
      • Young Forte Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Sunshine Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
      • Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
    • English Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
      • English Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Stone's
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Catoma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Catoma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoma
      • Catoma is located in Montgomery County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Catoma
      • From Prattville Junction to Catoma
    • Hope Hull
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Tallapoosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville Junction, with the one closest to Prattville Junction listed first.
    • East Tallassee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Tallapoosa City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tallapoosa City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa City
      • Tallapoosa City is located in Tallapoosa County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prattville Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Prattville Junction.

Cemeteries Near Prattville Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prattville Junction.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prattville Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prattville Junction, with the one closest to Prattville Junction listed first.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Prattville Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prattville Junction.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Prattville Junction, with the one closest to Prattville Junction listed first.

  • Jackson's Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson's Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson's Lake
    • Jackson's Lake is located in Elmore County
  • Robinson Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
    • Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
  • Elmore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Montgomery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Prattville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Deatsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deatsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville
    • Deatsville is located in Elmore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deatsville <1>
  • Wetumpka
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Stone's
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Holtville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Catoma
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Catoma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoma
    • Catoma is located in Montgomery County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Catoma
    • From Prattville Junction to Catoma
  • Coosa River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coosa River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa River
    • Coosa River is located in Elmore County
  • Manack
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manack have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manack
    • Manack is located in Lowndes County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • McGehee's
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGehee's have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGehee's
      • McGehee's is located in Montgomery County
    • Hope Hull
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Burkville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burkville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
      • Burkville is located in Lowndes County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prattville Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prattville Junction.

Newspapers Published in Prattville Junction ...

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 Prattville Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prattville Junction, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prattville Junction.

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 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 Prattville Junction:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prattville Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Elmore County: www.elmoreco.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>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 Prattville Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prattville Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prattville Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4675, Longitude: -86.3430       In this case, the coordinates for Prattville Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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