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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Robinson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Robinson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Robinson, please Contact Us.
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 Robinson (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 Robinson. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Robinson is historic, it would have been located within present day Marengo 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 Marengo County: Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Perry, Sumter & Wilcox.
Below are the counties that are near Robinson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Robinson:
- Marengo County (The home county of Robinson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Griffins ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Griffins is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins
- Beckleys ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beckleys is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckleys
- Pin Hook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pin Hook is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Myrtlewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Blue Lock ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Lock is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lock
- Linden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Half Acre
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Half Acre is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
- Former names for Half Acre:
- Hell's Half Acre
- Luther's Store
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Demopolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aigleville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aigleville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aigleville
- Barrons ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Barrons is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrons
- Nanafalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Cedahoma ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedahoma is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedahoma
- Pelham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Choctaw City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Choctaw City is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw City
- Pennington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pennington is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Tompkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tompkinsville is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Jachin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jachin is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jachin
- Lavaca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lavaca is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavaca
- Cromwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Lisman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Butler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pushmataha
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Red Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Morvin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Morvin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morvin
- Campbell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Forkland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Miller
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Boligee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lizzieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- Hale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Arcola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Gallion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gallion is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallion
- Prairieville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Cedarville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Freetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Freetown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Uniontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ellawhite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ellawhite is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellawhite
- The Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- The Village is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Whitfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Coatopa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Bellamy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Derby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Derby is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Arrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arrington is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- McDowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDowell is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Brewersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Intercourse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Intercourse is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
- Moore Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
- Ward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ward is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Kinterbish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Livingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lauderdale County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Smith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Whynot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Robinson, see our County-by-County Page for Robinson.
Cemeteries Near Robinson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Robinson.
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 Robinson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Robinson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Black Bluff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Smalls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Millers Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ward Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arrington Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dug Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Campbell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Millwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (285 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brewersville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville Cemetery
- The Brewersville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Christian Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
- Christian Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21785 <3>
- Hopewell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.
While we didn't find Robinson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Robinson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Robinson, with the one closest to Robinson listed first.
- Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Myrtlewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Coatopa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Tompkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tompkinsville is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- McDowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDowell is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Robjohn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Robjohn is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robjohn
- Gaston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gaston is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Rembert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rembert is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rembert
- Linden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Belmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Old Spring Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Old Spring Hill is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Spring Hill
- Demopolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Nanafalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Kinterbish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Aimwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Aimwell is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aimwell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Robinson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Robinson.
Newspapers Published in Robinson ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Robinson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Robinson, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Robinson.
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 helpful 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 Robinson:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marengo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Clarke County
- Greene County
- Hale County
- Perry County
- Sumter County
- Lauderdale County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Robinson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Robinson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |