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 Rhinehart (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 Rhinehart. 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.
Rhinehart is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Calhoun, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Chattooga (GA), Floyd (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Rhinehart. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rhinehart:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Rhinehart)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Broomtown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- New Moon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Ringgold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Grover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Blanche
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Taft
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Gaylesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Cedar Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Collins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Dailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Borden Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Adamsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Lickskillet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sigsbee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Fort Payne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Bankhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Valley Head
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mentone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Pine Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Hale ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Ballplay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Coat's Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Keener
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Turkeytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Yancy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Banner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Duck Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Central
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Rock City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Dutton
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gray ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Section
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Lyerly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Menlo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Cloudland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Berryton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(18 miles [29 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Dade County (GA)
- Rising Fawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Coosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Armuchee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Robealou Acres
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Glenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Mount Berry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Summerville Park
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Floyd Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Rome
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
- Atlanta Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Gordon County (GA)
- Plainville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Etna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Cedartown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Esom Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Walker County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- 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
- Bronco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bronco is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- LaFayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Cassandra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cassandra is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Kensington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rhinehart, see our County-by-County Page for Rhinehart.
Cemeteries Near Rhinehart ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rhinehart.
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 Rhinehart - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rhinehart covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Broomtown
- The Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
- Mosely Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson - Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Berea Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alexander Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- Cannon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Bowery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Rhinehart in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rhinehart.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rhinehart, with the one closest to Rhinehart listed first.
- Broomtown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Ringgold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- New Moon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Grover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Chesterfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chesterfield is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Fullerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fullerton is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
- Chattoogaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Alpine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Hurley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hurley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gaylesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lyerly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Menlo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rhinehart. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rhinehart.
Newspapers Published in Rhinehart ...
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 Rhinehart.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rhinehart, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rhinehart.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Rhinehart:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Chattooga County
- Dade County
- Floyd County
- Gordon County
- Polk 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 Rhinehart, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rhinehart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |