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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 Ready Crossing (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 Ready Crossing. 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 Ready Crossing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ready Crossing: Ready Xing.
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 northeast 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 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.
Ready Crossing is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Jackson, Limestone, Marshall, Morgan, Franklin (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Ready Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ready Crossing:
- Madison County (The home county of Ready Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Toney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Elkwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Harvest
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jeff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Hazel Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Monrovia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Meridianville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Rideout Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Moore's Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Normal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chase
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Francisco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Hollytree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Paint Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Confluence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Estep ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Caro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Center Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Ardmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Capshaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Fairmount
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Pettusville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Elkmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Country Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tanner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Decatur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Lacey's Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Moulton Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Simpson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Priceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Valhermoso Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Winton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Austinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Russell Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Burningtree Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Trinity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Huntland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Lexie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Garner Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Ardmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Wheelerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Prospect
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frankewing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Pisgah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Aymett Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Stella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Green Field
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Anthony Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Appleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Cash Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Coldwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Camargo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Molino
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Dellrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Park City Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Pearl City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Howell Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Harms
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Clarks Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Corder Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Marshall County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Delina
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Talley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Cornersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ready Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Ready Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Ready Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ready Crossing.
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 Ready Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ready Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Ready Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Minor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bayless Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Madison Crossroads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Moore Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Golightly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Newby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kincaid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Golightly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (1284 more) ...
- Adams - Crutcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tibbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crutcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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 Ready Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ready Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ready Crossing, with the one closest to Ready Crossing listed first.
- Madison Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Caro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Gladstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gladstone is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Blanche
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blanche is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Cluttsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cluttsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluttsville
- Jeff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Cash Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Fisk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fisk is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Elkmont Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Monrovia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Coldwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Meridianville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ready Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ready Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Ready Crossing ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ready Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ready Crossing, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ready Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Ready Crossing:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Morgan County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall 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 Ready Crossing, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ready Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |