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 Sand Cut (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 Sand Cut. 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 and hospitals 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.
Sand Cut is located in Conecuh County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Conecuh County: Butler, Covington, Escambia & Monroe.
Below are the counties that are near Sand Cut. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sand Cut:
- Conecuh County (The home county of Sand Cut)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Cut, with the one closest to Sand Cut listed first.
- Lenox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenox have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Lenox is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenox <2>
- Castleberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleberry
- Castleberry is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Range
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Range is located in Conecuh County
- Belleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Belleville is located in Conecuh County
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Repton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
- Repton is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Repton <2>
- Jay Villa ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Villa
- Jay Villa is located in Conecuh County
- Nymph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nymph
- Nymph is located in Conecuh County
- Bermuda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Bermuda is located in Conecuh County
- Evergreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Evergreen is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <2>
- Johnsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Johnsonville is located in Conecuh County
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Conecuh County
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Cut, with the one closest to Sand Cut listed first.
- Garland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - McKenzie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKenzie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
- McKenzie is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McKenzie <2>
- Starlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Starlington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlington
- Starlington is located in Butler County
- Covington County
- Red Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Red Level is located in Covington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Red Level
- Escambia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Cut, with the one closest to Sand Cut listed first.
- Brewton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
- Brewton is located in Escambia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewton <2>
- Hammac
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - East Brewton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Brewton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brewton
- East Brewton is located in Escambia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,326 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Brewton <2>
- Riverview
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Pollard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Roberts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Huxford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
- Huxford is located in Escambia County
- Flomaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flomaton
- Flomaton is located in Escambia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flomaton <2>
- Atmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atmore
- Atmore is located in Escambia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,949 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atmore <2>
- Bradley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Cut, with the one closest to Sand Cut listed first.
- Excel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Burnt Corn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Corn
- Burnt Corn is located in Monroe County
- Ollie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Goodway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodway
- Goodway is located in Monroe County
- Frisco City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco City
- Frisco City is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,123 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frisco City <2>
- Monroeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeville
- Monroeville is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,623 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroeville <2>
- Megargel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megargel
- Megargel is located in Monroe County
- Mexia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Peterman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterman
- Peterman is located in Monroe County
- Pine Orchard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pine Orchard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Pine Orchard is located in Monroe County
- Uriah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uriah
- Uriah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Uriah <2>
- Tunnel Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Springs
- Tunnel Springs is located in Monroe County
- Former name for Tunnel Springs:
- Kempsville
- Escambia County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Cut, with the one closest to Sand Cut listed first.
- Century
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Century
- Century is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,873 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Century <2>
- Byrneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrneville
- Byrneville is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Santa Rosa County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Cut, with the one closest to Sand Cut listed first.
- Jay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Jay is located in Santa Rosa County (FL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <2>
- Belandville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Belandville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belandville
- Belandville is located in Santa Rosa County (FL)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sand Cut, see our County-by-County Page for Sand Cut.
Cemeteries Near Sand Cut ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Cut.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sand Cut covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sand Cut, with the one closest to Sand Cut listed first.
- Ramah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ramah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ramah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cooper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooper Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Buffington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffington Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Marietta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marietta Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marietta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Springhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springhill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Baggett Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baggett Family Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Baggett Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baggett Family Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Castleberry.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2366693 <4>
- Holland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hamden Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamden Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamden Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Range Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Range Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Range Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hanberry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanberry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hanberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zion Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Oakdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakdale Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hammac Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hammac Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hammac Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oakdale Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Sand Cut in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sand Cut.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sand Cut, with the one closest to Sand Cut listed first.
- Castleberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleberry
- Castleberry is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Range
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Range is located in Conecuh County
- Belleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Belleville is located in Conecuh County
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Wallace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Repton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
- Repton is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Repton <2>
- Kirkland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Jay Villa ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Villa
- Jay Villa is located in Conecuh County
- Bermuda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Bermuda is located in Conecuh County
- Evergreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Evergreen is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <2>
- Hammac
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Brewton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
- Brewton is located in Escambia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewton <2>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Burnt Corn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Corn
- Burnt Corn is located in Monroe County
- Boykin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Monroeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeville
- Monroeville is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,623 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroeville <2>
- Burnt Corn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sand Cut. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sand Cut.
Newspapers Published in Sand Cut ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Cut.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sand Cut, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sand Cut.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Sand Cut:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Conecuh County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Covington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Escambia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Escambia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Santa Rosa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Butler County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Conecuh County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Conecuh County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sand Cut. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Sand Cut, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sand Cut) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sand Cut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3182, Longitude: -87.1208 In this case, the coordinates for Sand Cut have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |