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 Pyriton (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 Pyriton. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pyriton is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega & Tallapoosa.
Below are the counties that are near Pyriton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pyriton:
- Clay County (The home county of Pyriton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Erin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Lineville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Ashland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Elder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Haynes Crossroad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harkins Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Cragford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Mellow Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Chambers Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Friendship
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Hobson City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- De Armanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Bynum
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Cobb Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Oxanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Eastaboga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anniston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Eulaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Choccolocco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Abanda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Red Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Clackville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Milltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Abel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Micaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Heflin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hightower
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Ai
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Ranburne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Goodwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Kellyton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Stewartville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Christiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Ofelia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Milner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Malone Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Almond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Morrison Crossroad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Rockdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Wedowee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cambridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Forester Chapel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Wadley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Cropwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Glen City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Avondale Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Ironaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Chandler Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Kentuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- McElderry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Waldo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Grant Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Coldwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Talladega
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rendalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Goldville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Emuckfaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Hackneyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Cowpens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- New Site
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Truett
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Daviston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Eye
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Matilda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Alexander City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pyriton, see our County-by-County Page for Pyriton.
Cemeteries Near Pyriton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pyriton.
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 Pyriton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pyriton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Campbell Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mannings Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hassell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Macedonia Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Noles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland City 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 Pyriton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pyriton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pyriton, with the one closest to Pyriton listed first.
- Lineville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Chandler Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ironaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Hopeful
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hopeful is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
- Dingler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dingler is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingler
- Christiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Kentuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- McElderry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Waldo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Millerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gibsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gibsonville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
- Ofelia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Bluff Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bluff Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pyriton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pyriton.
Newspapers Published in Pyriton ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pyriton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pyriton, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pyriton.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pyriton:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Chambers County
- Cleburne County
- Coosa County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega County
- Tallapoosa 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 Pyriton, 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- Pyriton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |