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 Reid (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 Reid. 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 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.
Reid is located in Limestone 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 Limestone County: Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Morgan, Giles (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Reid. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reid:
- Limestone County (The home county of Reid)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Tanner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ripley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Orrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Country Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Harris Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Lentzville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Fairmount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Hay's Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Belle Mina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Garner ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Ford City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Leighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Campbell Settlement ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Campbell Settlement is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Settlement
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nitrate City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Confluence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Dells Vista Shores
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Estep ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Rogersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Cedar Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Corum ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Elgin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Comer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Courtland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Courtland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Mountain Home
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Red Bank
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Wheeler Dam Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Town Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oakville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Moulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Edmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harvest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Jeff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Rideout Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Toney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Triana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Madison Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Elkwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Chelsea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Huntsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Moulton Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Trinity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Simpson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Austinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Russell Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Flint City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Burningtree Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Priceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Hartselle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Danville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Prospect
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Ardmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elkmont Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Elkton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Minor Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Dickson Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Anthony Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Wheelerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Green Field
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Aymett Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Pisgah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Appleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Liberty Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Rascal Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Cash Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Coldwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Dellrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reid, see our County-by-County Page for Reid.
Cemeteries Near Reid ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reid.
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 Reid - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reid covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Round Island Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunny Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Proctor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nebo Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Benford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Malone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tanner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (1019 more) ...
- Valley View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Reid in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reid.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reid, with the one closest to Reid listed first.
- Blackburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blackburn is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Ripley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- O'Neal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- O'Neal is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Harris Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Lentzville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Cartwright
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cartwright is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Decatur Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur Junction is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Junction
- Hay's Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Gipsy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gipsy is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Simpson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Mooresville
(12 miles [19.3 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 Reid. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reid.
Newspapers Published in Reid ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reid.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reid, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reid.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Reid:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Limestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln 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 Reid, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Reid) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |