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 Riderwood (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 Riderwood. 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 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.
Riderwood is located in Choctaw County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Choctaw County: Clarke, Marengo, Sumter, Washington, Clarke (MS), Lauderdale (MS) & Wayne (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Riderwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riderwood:
- Choctaw County (The home county of Riderwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riderwood, with the one closest to Riderwood listed first.
- Lisman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Pushmataha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
- Butler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <2>
- Cromwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Red Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Needham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Jachin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Okatuppa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Lavaca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Choctaw City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choctaw City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw City
- Choctaw City is located in Choctaw County
- Pelham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Toxey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Melvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riderwood, with the one closest to Riderwood listed first.
- Morvin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Campbell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fakit Chipunta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Coffeeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Coffeeville is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffeeville <2>
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riderwood, with the one closest to Riderwood listed first.
- Putnam
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Barrons ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Nanafalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Myrtlewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myrtlewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
- Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Aimwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Half Acre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
- Half Acre is located in Marengo County
- Former names for Half Acre:
- Hell's Half Acre
- Luther's Store
- Beckleys ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Griffins ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Sweet Water
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
- Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Blue Lock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riderwood, with the one closest to Riderwood listed first.
- Kinterbish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Ward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Derby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in Sumter County
- Intercourse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
- Intercourse is located in Sumter County
- Cuba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Sumter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Whitfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- York is located in Sumter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Former names for York:
- New York Station
- York Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <2>
- Bellamy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County
- Arrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Coatopa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Brewersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County
- Clarke County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riderwood, with the one closest to Riderwood listed first.
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Quitman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Quitman is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <2>
- De Soto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Stonewall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Shubuta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <2>
- Lauderdale County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riderwood, with the one closest to Riderwood listed first.
- Whynot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Increase
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Vimville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Smith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Russell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Marion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Meridian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Meridian is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <2>
- Lockhart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riderwood, see our County-by-County Page for Riderwood.
Newspapers Published in Riderwood ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riderwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riderwood, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riderwood.
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 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 Riderwood:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Choctaw County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marengo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sumter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lauderdale County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Choctaw County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Choctaw County
Cemeteries Near Riderwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riderwood.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riderwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riderwood, with the one closest to Riderwood listed first.
- Scott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
- Resthaven Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Memorial Gardens
- Sardis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sardis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sardis Cemetery
- Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Episcopal Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
- McLendon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McLendon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLendon Cemetery
- Butler City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butler City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butler City Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Tims Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tims Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Canathan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canathan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canathan Cemetery
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- Eureka Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eureka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eureka Cemetery
- Bogueloosa Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bogueloosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bogueloosa Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Eureka Cemetery
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 Riderwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riderwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riderwood, with the one closest to Riderwood listed first.
- Pushmataha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
- Hinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Butler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <2>
- Mount Sterling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Mount Sterling is located in Choctaw County
- Lusk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Robjohn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Energy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Kinterbish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Whynot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Melvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Ararat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Gaston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Putnam
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Tompkinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tompkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Tompkinsville is located in Choctaw County
- Carmichael
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmichael have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmichael
- Carmichael is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Putnam
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riderwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riderwood.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riderwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Riderwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riderwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1288, Longitude: -88.3278 In this case, the coordinates for Riderwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Riderwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |