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 Rosa (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 Rosa. 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 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.
Rosa is located in Blount 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 Blount County: Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, Marshall, Saint Clair, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Rosa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rosa:
- Blount County (The home county of Rosa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Oneonta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hoods Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Royal
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Allgood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Taits Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Fridays Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Deavers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deavers is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavers
- Nectar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nectar is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Bird ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Blountsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Southside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cochran Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Macon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Ohatchee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Holly Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Baileytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Hanceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- White City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Baileyton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Simcoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Black Bottom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- East Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Damascus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rains ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Altoona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Walnut Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Gallant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Howelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Aurora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Benson ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Egypt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Ivalee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Greer ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Attalla
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Masseyline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Village Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
- Ayres
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Trafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Palmerdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palmerdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerdale
- Clay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crosston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crosston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosston
- Kimberly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Pinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Breakstone Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Douglas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Horton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Hyatt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Whitesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Askea Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Arab
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Street ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Hog Jaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Hulaco
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Eva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Springville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Whitney Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Saint Clair Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Steele
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Argo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Branchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Margaret
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Odenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Parsons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Wattsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Walker County
- Creel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rosa, see our County-by-County Page for Rosa.
Cemeteries Near Rosa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosa.
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 Rosa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rosa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Daileys Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blackwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chitwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the north of Oneonta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23519 <3>
- Blackwood - Cornelius Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (383 more) ...
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Painter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Rosa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rosa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rosa, with the one closest to Rosa listed first.
- Oneonta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Champion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Champion is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Chepultepec
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chepultepec is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepultepec
- Royal
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Little Warrior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Bird ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Clarence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Blountsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Joy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Joy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Wynnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Viola ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Viola is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Tappan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tappan is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rosa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosa.
Newspapers Published in Rosa ...
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 Rosa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosa, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosa.
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 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 Rosa:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Saint Clair County
- Walker 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> | 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- Rosa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Rosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |