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 Pumpkin Center (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 Pumpkin Center. 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 Pumpkin Center ...
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 Pumpkin Center: Pumpkin Ctr. (or less commonly used: Pumpkin Cen., Pumpkin Cent. or Pumpkin Cntr.)
You might see Pumpkin Centre instead of Pumpkin Center.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pumpkin Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pumpkin Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Pumpkin Center is located in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall, Chattooga (GA), Dade (GA) & Walker (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Pumpkin Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pumpkin Center:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Pumpkin Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Adamsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Fort Payne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Douglas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Lickskillet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Pine Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Hammondville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hammondville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammondville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Valley Head
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bankhead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Blanche
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Taft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Grover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- New Moon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Broomtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Ringgold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Gaylesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Cedar Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Hale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Keener
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Yancy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Ballplay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Wilsonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Coat's Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Duck Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Turkeytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Banner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Central
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Rock City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Dutton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Pisgah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gray ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Section
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bellefonte ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefonte is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Langston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hollywood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scottsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Peters ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Mid ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Menlo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <1>
- Cloudland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chattoogaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Lyerly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Berryton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Summerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pennville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Trion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Trion is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trion <1>
- Zula ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Dade County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Rising Fawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stewart Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Coosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Armuchee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Floyd Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Glenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Robealou Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Summerville Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Cave Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Mount Berry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Walker County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Bronco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bronco is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- Martindale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martindale is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Cassandra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cassandra is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Kensington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- LaFayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pumpkin Center, see our County-by-County Page for Pumpkin Center.
Cemeteries Near Pumpkin Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pumpkin Center.
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 Pumpkin Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pumpkin Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- King Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fisher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson - Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mosely Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Howards Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (446 more) ...
- Hammack Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Husky Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Davis 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.<2>
While we didn't find Pumpkin Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pumpkin Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Fort Payne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chesterfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chesterfield is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- New Moon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Grover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Ringgold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Broomtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Alpine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alpine is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Blake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blake is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Collbran
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Collbran is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collbran
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Menlo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <1>
- Bankhead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Valley Head
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pumpkin Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pumpkin Center.
Newspapers Published in Pumpkin Center ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pumpkin Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pumpkin Center, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pumpkin Center.
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 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 Pumpkin Center:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Chattooga County
- Dade County
- Floyd County
- Walker 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> | 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 Pumpkin Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Pumpkin Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |