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 Fence (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 Fence. 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 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.
Rock Fence is located in Chambers 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 Chambers County: Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa, Harris (GA) & Troup (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Rock Fence. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Fence:
- Chambers County (The home county of Rock Fence)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence, with the one closest to Rock Fence listed first.
- Milltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Chapel Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Penton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Clackville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Red Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Doublehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Stroud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Abanda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- LaFayette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Standing Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Blackman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence, with the one closest to Rock Fence listed first.
- Motley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Cragford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Lineville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Millerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Hale County
- Erie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence, with the one closest to Rock Fence listed first.
- The Bottle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Gwen Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Roxana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chewacla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence, with the one closest to Rock Fence listed first.
- Peavy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Roanoke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wadley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Rock Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Almond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Malone Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- High Shoals
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- West
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Wedowee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ofelia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Rockdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence, with the one closest to Rock Fence listed first.
- Truett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Frog Eye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Daviston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dudleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Emuckfaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Matilda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- New Site
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Camp Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goldville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Cowpens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Dadeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksons' Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Harris County (GA)
- Pine Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence, with the one closest to Rock Fence listed first.
- Glenn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Houston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Frolona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Ephesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Centralhatchee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence, with the one closest to Rock Fence listed first.
- Evansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Lake Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- North West Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwell Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sassafrass Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- LaGrange
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Graysons Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Asta Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Fence, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Fence.
Cemeteries Near Rock Fence ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Fence.
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 Fence - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Fence covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Fence, with the one closest to Rock Fence listed first.
- Tatum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chappell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Higgins Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hill - Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sharps Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Milltown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Finney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sims Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Rock Fence in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rock Fence.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Fence, with the one closest to Rock Fence listed first.
- Chapel Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Milltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Doublehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Marcoot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marcoot is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoot
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Stroud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Bosworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Roanoke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Louina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Louina is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louina
- LaFayette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Finley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Finley is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Truett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Denver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Denver is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Fence. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Fence.
Newspapers Published in Rock Fence ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Fence.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Fence, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock Fence.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Rock Fence:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Chambers County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Hale County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Troup 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 Fence, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Rock Fence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |