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 Rhoades (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 Rhoades. 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 Rhoades ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Rhoades, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rhoades may originally have been Rhoade's.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Rhoades is located in Coffee 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 Coffee County: Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Rhoades. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rhoades:
- Coffee County (The home county of Rhoades)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- Alberton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alberton is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberton
- Kinston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Curtis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Curtis is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Goodman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goodman is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
- Danleys Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Danleys Crossroads is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danleys Crossroads
- Elba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Level is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Battens Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Battens Crossroads is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battens Crossroads
- Central City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Central City is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- New Brockton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clintonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clintonville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Covington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- County Line
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- County Line is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Beulah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Opp
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Opp is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,313 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opp <2>
- Onycha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Onycha is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onycha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Babbie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Babbie is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Horn Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Horn Hill is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Sanford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Antioch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Libertyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Libertyville is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Andalusia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Heath
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Heath is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Crenshaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- Bullock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bullock is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Dozier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brantley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Peacock ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Peacock is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Leon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leon is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Merrill Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Merrill Mill is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Mill
- Glenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- Level Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Level Plains is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
- Holiday Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Holiday Village is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
- Clayhatchee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clayhatchee is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
- Daleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Rucker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Geneva County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- Samson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Chancellor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chancellor is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
- Scranton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Scranton is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Costilla ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Costilla is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costilla
- Bellwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Geneva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eunola ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eunola is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunola
- Hartford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dundee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dundee is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Black
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Black is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- Henderson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Henderson is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Centre Ridge ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centre Ridge is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Ridge
- Tarentum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tarentum is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarentum
- Okaloosa County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- Svea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Svea is located in Okaloosa County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svea
- Laurel Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walton County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- Paxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rhoades, see our County-by-County Page for Rhoades.
Cemeteries Near Rhoades ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rhoades.
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 Rhoades - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rhoades covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- New Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rhoades Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Town Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alberton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kinston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Weeks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ino Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Rhoades in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rhoades.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rhoades, with the one closest to Rhoades listed first.
- Alberton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alberton is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberton
- Opine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Opine is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opine
- Green Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Bay is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Curtis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Curtis is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Damascus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Wiggins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wiggins is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins
- Elba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Marl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marl is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl
- Coffee Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Enterprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clintonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clintonville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Bullock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bullock is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Andalusia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rhoades. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rhoades.
Newspapers Published in Rhoades ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rhoades.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rhoades, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rhoades.
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 Rhoades:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Coffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Covington County
- Crenshaw County
- Dale County
- Geneva County
- Pike County
- Okaloosa County
- Walton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Rhoades, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Rhoades) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |