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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 Samantha (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 Samantha. 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.

Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County: Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson & Pickens.

Below are the counties that are near Samantha. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Samantha:

  • Tuscaloosa County     (The home county of Samantha)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Samantha, with the one closest to Samantha listed first.
    • Lake Front Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Lake Front Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Front Village
    • New Lexington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Echola
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Echola is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echola
    • Coker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Coker is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coker <1>
    • Wood Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wood Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Village
    • Northport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Holt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Holt is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Buhl
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Buhl is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
    • Alberta City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Alberta City is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta City
    • Ingleside Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Ingleside Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Village
    • Tuscaloosa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • University
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Elrod
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
  • Bibb County
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Samantha, with the one closest to Samantha listed first.
    • Berry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Alta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bankston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ashcraft Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Rossland City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rossland City is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
    • Fayette
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Belk
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Belk is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Hale County
    • Moundville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Samantha, with the one closest to Samantha listed first.
    • Ezra
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Ezra is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezra
    • Oak Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Oak Grove is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Toadvine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Adger
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Black Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • North Johns
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • North Johns is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johns
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
    • Rock Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Short Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Samantha, with the one closest to Samantha listed first.
    • Kennedy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kennedy is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
    • Millport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Pickens County
  • Walker County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Samantha, see our County-by-County Page for Samantha.

Cemeteries Near Samantha ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Samantha.

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 Samantha - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Samantha covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Samantha, with the one closest to Samantha listed first.

  • Arbor Springs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Winters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Pole Bridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • McGuire Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Harkey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Holly Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Prewitt Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Old Prewitte Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Simpson - Cain Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Philadelphia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Nazareth Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (499 more) ...
    • Cowden Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Friendship Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bone Camp Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)

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, Samantha had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Samantha, with the one closest to Samantha listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Samantha. See our List of 1890's Communities around Samantha.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Samantha:

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 Samantha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.