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 Queenstown (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 Queenstown. 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 southwest 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 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.
Queenstown is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Queenstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Queenstown:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Queenstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Queenstown, with the one closest to Queenstown listed first.
- McCombs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Lola City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Alton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cahaba Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Trussville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Scott City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Rock Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Weems
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weems is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- Chalkville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chalkville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkville
- Breakstone Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Queenstown, with the one closest to Queenstown listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Compton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Remlap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Selfville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- County Line
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Dallas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Warrior
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Adville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Locust Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Allgood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Hayden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Little Warrior
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Queenstown, with the one closest to Queenstown listed first.
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Black Bottom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Arkadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Colony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- The Colony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Garden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Damascus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Queenstown, with the one closest to Queenstown listed first.
- Woodland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Acmar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Moody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Parsons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Brompton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Argo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Margaret
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbough Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Cook's Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Branchville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Odenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Queenstown, with the one closest to Queenstown listed first.
- Dunavant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Bridgeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Shoal Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Vandiver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Purdy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Sterrett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Inverness
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Meadowbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Calcis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Westover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Chelsea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Queenstown, with the one closest to Queenstown listed first.
- East Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Logan Martin Dam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Colony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Windsong Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Childersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alpine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Bon Air
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Winterboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Zubers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Queenstown, with the one closest to Queenstown listed first.
- Creel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Quinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Empire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Sumiton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sumiton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
- Former names for Sumiton:
- Commercial
- Democrat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <1>
- Oakahalla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Twilley Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Wyatt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Yerkwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Burnwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Dora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
- Reeds Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Queenstown, see our County-by-County Page for Queenstown.
Cemeteries Near Queenstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Queenstown.
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 Queenstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Queenstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Queenstown, with the one closest to Queenstown listed first.
- Alton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jefferson Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forest Crest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McCombs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trussville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trussville Cemetery
- The Trussville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cahawba Baptist Cemetery
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26737 <2>
- Bass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Earltown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henry Ellen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Chalkville
- The Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Taylors Chapel Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Higgins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Queenstown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Queenstown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Queenstown, with the one closest to Queenstown listed first.
- McCombs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Trussville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Weems
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weems is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- Rock Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Woodward
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woodward is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Irondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chalkville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chalkville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkville
- Huffman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Huffman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Ruffner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ruffner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruffner
- Leeds
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
- Gate City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gate City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate City
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dunnavant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Moody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Clay
(7 miles [11.3 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 Queenstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Queenstown.
Newspapers Published in Queenstown ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Queenstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Queenstown, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Queenstown.
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 Queenstown:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Talladega 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> | 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. |
| <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 Queenstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Queenstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |