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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Southern. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Southern to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Southern, please Contact Us.
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 Southern (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 Southern. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Southern is historic, it would have been located within present day Marshall 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 Marshall County: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Southern. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Southern:
- Marshall County (The home county of Southern)
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Union Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Ruth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Pine Lake Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Grassy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Scant City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Arab
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hog Jaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Warrenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Askea Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Guntersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <2>
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Birdie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Brooksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- McLarty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Bright Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Craig
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Highmound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Snead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blountsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clarence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Joppa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Baileyton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Holly Pond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Baileytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Berlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- East Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- South Vinemont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Vinemont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cullman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Rogers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Whiton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Grove Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Chigger Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Rains ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Greer ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Walnut Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Paint Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aspel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Lim Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Trenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Langston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Groves
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Hollytree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Larkinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Swancott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Mooresville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Mina
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Capshaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Harris Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Center Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Country Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Fairmount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Tanner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Whitesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- New Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- English Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Owens' Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berkley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Big Cove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Triana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Chelsea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Greenwycke Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Gurley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brownsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Morgan City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Briscoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Lacey's Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Valhermoso Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ryan Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Florette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Hulaco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Winton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Somerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Eva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Priceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Southern, see our County-by-County Page for Southern.
Cemeteries Near Southern ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Southern.
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 Southern - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Southern covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Short Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Polly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cloud Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Winton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rescue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (803 more) ...
- Gibson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prince Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.
While we didn't find Southern in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Southern.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Southern, with the one closest to Southern listed first.
- Briscoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Oleander
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oleander is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleander
- Union Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Whitesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- New Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grassy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Valhermoso Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodland Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodland Mills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Arab
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lowe ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lowe is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Owens' Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hulaco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Southern. See our List of 1890's Communities around Southern.
Newspapers Published in Southern ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Southern.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Southern, 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 Southern.
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 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 Southern:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Southern, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Southern) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |