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 Rock Creek (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 Rock Creek. 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 Rock Creek ...
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.
Another variation: Rockcreek.
- A typical abbreviation for Rock Creek: Rock Crk. (or less commonly used: Rock Ck. or Rock Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rock Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Creek.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Rock Creek is located in Colbert 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 Colbert County: Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Rock Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Creek:
- Colbert County (The home county of Rock Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Denton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Red Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Cherokee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Bishop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Littleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- White House Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Tuscumbia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Belgreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Pleasant Site
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Burntout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Rockwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce Pine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Vina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vina is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Hodges
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Churntown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Phil Campbell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Cypress Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Florence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Mars Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Waterloo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Cloverdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Threet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Jacksonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Saint Florian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Mehama ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mehama is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Edmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Mount Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Hatton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Camp Spring ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Spring is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Spring
- Town Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Hackleburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Haleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Pebble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Prebble ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prebble is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prebble
- Itawamba County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Bounds Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Eastman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Burton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- New Site
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Altitude
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Oldham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Golden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dennis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Tishomingo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Paden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Iuka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Holcut
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Burnsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Short
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Wayne County (TN)
- Cypress Inn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Creek.
Cemeteries Near Rock Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Creek.
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 Rock Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bolton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McCollough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- The Shady Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shady Grove Church of Christ Cemetery
- Old Newsom Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Key Underwood Coondog Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Cemetery
- The Bonds Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bond Cemetery
- Ezzell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Frankfort Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCaig Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (619 more) ...
- New Newsom Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Cemetery
- The Cedar Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- Cedar Creek / White Oak Cemetery
- Blue Lick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rock Creek had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Creek, with the one closest to Rock Creek listed first.
- Denton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Frankfort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
- Belgreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Pleasant Site
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Barton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Barton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cherokee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Maud
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maud is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Rockwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Isbell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Isbell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Littleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Smithsonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Smithsonia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsonia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Creek.
Newspapers Published in Rock Creek ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Creek, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Rock Creek:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Colbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Winston County
- Itawamba County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Wayne 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 Rock Creek, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |