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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 Richeytown (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 Richeytown. 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 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.

Richeytown is located in Talladega 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 Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.

Below are the counties that are near Richeytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richeytown:

  • Talladega County     (The home county of Richeytown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.
    • Munford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Grant Town
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Grant Town is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
    • Silver Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Silver Run is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
    • Coldwater
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Coldwater is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
    • McElderry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • McElderry is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
    • Kentuck
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Kentuck is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
    • Ironaton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Ironaton is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
    • Lincoln
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Talladega
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Waldo is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
    • Windsong Island
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
    • Colony
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Colony is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
    • Chandler Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.
    • Bynum
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Bynum is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
      • Bynum has also been known as:
      • Bynum's
    • Eastaboga
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cobb Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
    • Eulaton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
    • Blue Eye ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
    • Hobson City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
    • Chinnabee ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
    • Oxford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bera ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Bera is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
    • Oxanna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
    • Anniston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Boozer ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Boozer is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
    • Bruner ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bruner is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.
    • Elder
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Elder is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
    • Erin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Erin is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
    • Haynes Crossroad
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
    • Delta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Chambers Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
    • Barfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Barfield is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
    • Ashland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Ashland is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
    • Lineville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harkins Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
    • Millerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Millerville is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
    • Cragford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mellow Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
  • Cleburne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.
    • Abel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Abel is located in Cleburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
    • Hollis Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
    • Heflin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Micaville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Micaville is located in Cleburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
    • Edwardsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
    • Ai
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Ai is located in Cleburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
  • Etowah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.
    • Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
    • Markton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Markton is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
    • Cobb City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Cobb City is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
    • Pilgrims Rest
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
    • Glencoe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rainbow City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Burns Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Burns Park is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
    • Hokes Bluff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Attalla
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • East Gadsden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
    • Gadsden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.
    • Christiana
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Christiana is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
    • Milner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Milner is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
    • Ofelia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ofelia is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
    • Morrison Crossroad
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
    • Rockdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockdale is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Saint Clair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.
    • Riverside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Seddon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
    • Ragland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ragland is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ragland <1>
    • Avondale Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
    • Cropwell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Coal City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
    • Easonville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
    • Glen City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
    • Pell City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Wattsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
    • Fountainrun ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
    • Cook's Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
    • Ashville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.
    • Calcis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Calcis is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
    • Sterrett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richeytown, see our County-by-County Page for Richeytown.

Cemeteries Near Richeytown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richeytown.

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 Richeytown - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richeytown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.

  • Antioch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cunningham - Pyles Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Coldwater Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Groce - Montgomery Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chief Chenneby Grave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Plum Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Oxford.
    • The Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Antioch Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1786988 <2>
  • Oxford Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pattons Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lackey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (287 more) ...
    • Creswell Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • New Bethel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pine Hill Memorial Park
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<4>

While we didn't find Richeytown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richeytown.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Richeytown, with the one closest to Richeytown listed first.

  • Munford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jenifer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jenifer is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenifer
  • Silver Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Silver Run is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
  • Coldwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Coldwater is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Bynum
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Bynum is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
    • Bynum has also been known as:
    • Bynum's
  • Turner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Turner is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
  • Eastaboga
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • McElderry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • McElderry is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
  • Hopeful
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hopeful is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
  • Eulaton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
  • Kentuck
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Kentuck is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
  • Oxford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ironaton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Ironaton is located in Talladega County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
    • Oxanna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
    • Bera ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Bera is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richeytown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richeytown.

Newspapers Published in Richeytown ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richeytown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richeytown, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richeytown.

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 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 Richeytown:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Richeytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Richeytown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.