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 Scottland (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 Scottland. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Scottland is located in Bullock 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 Bullock County: Barbour, Macon, Montgomery, Pike & Russell.
Below are the counties that are near Scottland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scottland:
- Bullock County (The home county of Scottland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottland, with the one closest to Scottland listed first.
- Inverness
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Inverness is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Smuteye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smuteye is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smuteye
- Perote
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Perote is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perote
- Pine Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Postoak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Postoak is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Union Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Three Notch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Three Notch is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Notch
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Fitzpatrick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Mitchell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Barbour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottland, with the one closest to Scottland listed first.
- Comer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Comer is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Spring Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Elamville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elamville is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamville
- Blue Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Springs is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Hawkinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hawkinsville is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Cotton Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Hill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Bakerhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bakerhill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Coffee County
- Roeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roeton is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roeton
- Dale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottland, with the one closest to Scottland listed first.
- Phillips Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Ariton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ariton is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ariton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottland, with the one closest to Scottland listed first.
- Armstrong
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Armstrong is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Fort Davis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hardaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hardaway is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardaway
- La Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- La Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Place
- Calebee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calebee is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calebee
- Tuskegee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shorter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tysonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tysonville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tysonville
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottland, with the one closest to Scottland listed first.
- Pine Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Level is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Center Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Cecil
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cecil is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Grady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pike Road
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waugh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waugh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Ramer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottland, with the one closest to Scottland listed first.
- Saco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saco is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Linwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Buckhorn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Banks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Needmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Needmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Orion
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Pronto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pronto is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pronto
- McClure Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- McClure Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Town
- Meeksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meeksville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeksville
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brundidge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Youngblood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Youngblood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottland, with the one closest to Scottland listed first.
- Hurtsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Rutherford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rutherford is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Hatchechubbee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scottland, see our County-by-County Page for Scottland.
Cemeteries Near Scottland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scottland.
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 Scottland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scottland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scottland, with the one closest to Scottland listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Inverness Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dasinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lydia Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- High Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Sellers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ox Level Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mallard Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (295 more) ...
- McGrady Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Perote Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Scottland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scottland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scottland, with the one closest to Scottland listed first.
- Inverness
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Inverness is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Aberfoil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Aberfoil is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoil
- Omega
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Omega is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Perote
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Perote is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perote
- Postoak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Postoak is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Pine Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Union Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Star Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Star Hill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
- Three Notch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Three Notch is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Notch
- Mount Hillard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Hillard is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hillard
- Josie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Josie is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josie
- Linwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mount Andrew
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Andrew is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Andrew
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Catalpa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catalpa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalpa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scottland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scottland.
Newspapers Published in Scottland ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scottland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scottland, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scottland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Scottland:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Bullock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barbour County
- Coffee County
- Dale County
- Macon County
- Montgomery County
- Pike County
- Russell 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scottland) 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 Scottland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |