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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Prebble. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Prebble to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Prebble, 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 Prebble (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 Prebble. 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.

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Prebble is historic, it would have been located within present day Winston 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 Winston County: Cullman, Franklin, Lawrence, Marion & Walker.

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

  • Winston County     (The home county of Prebble)
  • Colbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prebble, with the one closest to Prebble listed first.
    • Littleville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
      • Littleville is located in Colbert County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
    • Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
      • Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
    • Spring Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
    • Leighton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leighton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leighton
      • Leighton is located in Colbert County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leighton <2>
  • Cullman County
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prebble, with the one closest to Prebble listed first.
    • Glen Allen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bazemore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Gu - Win
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prebble, with the one closest to Prebble listed first.
    • Churntown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Phil Campbell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Spruce Pine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
      • Rockwood is located in Franklin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rockwood
      • From Prebble to Rockwood
    • Russellville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Belgreen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hodges
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hodges have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
      • Hodges is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hodges <2>
    • Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Burntout
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Vina
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vina have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
      • Vina is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prebble, with the one closest to Prebble listed first.
    • Camp Spring ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
      • Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
    • Mount Hope
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
      • Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
    • Concord
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Concord. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
      • Concord is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Concord
      • From Prebble to Concord
    • Muck City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muck City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
      • Muck City is located in Lawrence County
    • Wren
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wren have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
      • Wren is located in Lawrence County
    • Mehama ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mehama. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
      • Mehama is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mehama
      • From Prebble to Mehama
    • Moulton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Avoca ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avoca have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Avoca is located in Lawrence County
    • Hatton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Edmond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edmond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
      • Edmond is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Edmond
      • From Prebble to Edmond
    • Oakville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
      • Oakville is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Oakville
      • From Prebble to Oakville
    • Mountain Home
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chalybeate Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prebble, with the one closest to Prebble listed first.
    • Bear Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Thornhill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thornhill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
      • Thornhill is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Thornhill
      • From Prebble to Thornhill
    • Hackleburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Brilliant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brilliant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
      • Brilliant is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brilliant <2>
    • Rock City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
      • Rock City is located in Marion County
    • Twin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Yampertown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Stinson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stinson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
      • Stinson is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stinson
      • From Prebble to Stinson
    • Hamilton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pikeville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pikeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
      • Pikeville is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pikeville
      • From Prebble to Pikeville
    • Winfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Weston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Weston is located in Marion County
    • Guin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Morgan County
  • Walker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prebble, with the one closest to Prebble listed first.
    • Nauvoo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Slicklizzard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Eldridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Prospect
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Prospect. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
      • Prospect is located in Walker County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Prospect
      • From Prebble to Prospect
    • Kansas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Carbon Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Saragossa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saragossa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saragossa
      • Saragossa is located in Walker County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saragossa
      • From Prebble to Saragossa
    • Edgil
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edgil. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgil
      • Edgil is located in Walker County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Edgil
      • From Prebble to Edgil
    • Camak Mills ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camak Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camak Mills
      • Camak Mills is located in Walker County
    • Marylee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marylee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marylee
      • Marylee is located in Walker County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Marylee
      • From Prebble to Marylee
    • Gamble
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gamble. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble
      • Gamble is located in Walker County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gamble
      • From Prebble to Gamble
    • South Lowell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Prebble ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prebble.

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 Prebble covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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

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

  • Pebble
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Kinlock ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinlock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinlock
    • Kinlock is located in Lawrence County
  • Haleyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Delmar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bear Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Goddard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goddard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard
    • Goddard is located in Marion County
  • Camp Spring ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
    • Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
  • Thornhill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thornhill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
    • Thornhill is located in Marion County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Thornhill
    • From Prebble to Thornhill
  • Double Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ellaville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ellaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellaville
    • Ellaville is located in Winston County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Ellaville
    • From Prebble to Ellaville
  • Mount Hope
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
  • Spruce Pine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Natural Bridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Newburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Newburg is located in Franklin County
    • Waco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Waco is located in Franklin County

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

Newspapers Published in Prebble ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prebble.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prebble, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prebble.

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 Prebble:

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

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 Prebble, 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>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 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.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Prebble) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prebble. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2858, Longitude: -87.5458    









 

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