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 Rolling Woods (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 Rolling Woods. 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.
Rolling Woods is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Jackson, Limestone, Marshall, Morgan, Franklin (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Rolling Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rolling Woods:
- Madison County (The home county of Rolling Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Madison
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Monrovia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Rideout Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Jeff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Chelsea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Huntsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lincoln
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Harvest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Triana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Greenwycke Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Normal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chase
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Paint Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Hollytree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Trenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Confluence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Dells Vista Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Estep ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Oakville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Mountain Home
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Capshaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Fairmount
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Swancott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Belle Mina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Center Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mooresville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Country Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Tanner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Ruth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Union Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hog Jaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Pine Lake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Winton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Valhermoso Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lacey's Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Priceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Austinville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Burningtree Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Moulton Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Russell Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Simpson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Flint City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Ardmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Wheelerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Prospect
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Cash Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Coldwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Camargo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Dellrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Molino
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Park City Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Howell Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Pearl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Corder Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Flintville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Clarks Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rolling Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Rolling Woods.
Cemeteries Near Rolling Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rolling Woods.
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 Rolling Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rolling Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Betts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clift Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Washington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bibb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Madison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Royal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Camper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gooch - Dublin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Whitworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1031 more) ...
- Faith Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pike Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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 Rolling Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rolling Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rolling Woods, with the one closest to Rolling Woods listed first.
- Monrovia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Greenbrier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Jeff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Cluttsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cluttsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluttsville
- Swancott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Huntsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mooresville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Triana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Talucah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Talucah is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talucah
- Gladstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Mercury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Madison Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Harris Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Meridianville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rolling Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rolling Woods.
Newspapers Published in Rolling Woods ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rolling Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rolling Woods, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rolling Woods.
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 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 Rolling Woods:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lincoln 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 Rolling Woods, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rolling Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |