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 Spencer Store (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 Spencer Store. 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 and 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.
Spencer Store is located in Limestone 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 Limestone County: Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Morgan, Giles (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Spencer Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spencer Store:
- Limestone County (The home county of Spencer Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Elkmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hay's Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Pettusville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lentzville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Lester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lester is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Athens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Poplar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Country Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Ripley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Garner ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Ford City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Confluence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Estep ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Cedar Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Rogersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Corum ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Dells Vista Shores
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Comer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Elgin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Arkdell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Dam Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Red Bank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Courtland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Courtland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Chalybeate Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Mountain Home
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Town Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Harvest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Toney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elkwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Madison Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Jeff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Monrovia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Hazel Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Meridianville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chelsea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Trinity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Decatur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Moulton Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Austinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Simpson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Russell Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Flint City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Burningtree Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Priceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Prospect
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Elkmont Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Minor Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Ardmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dickson Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Anthony Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Green Field
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Wheelerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Aymett Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Gordon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gordon is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Appleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Liberty Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Rascal Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Busby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Leoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Prospect
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Loretto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Cash Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Molino
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Pearl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Camargo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Boonshill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Harms
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Hughey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Park City Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Park City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Marshall County (TN)
- Delina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delina is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spencer Store, see our County-by-County Page for Spencer Store.
Cemeteries Near Spencer Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spencer Store.
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 Spencer Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spencer Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Legg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Legg Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the west of Elkmont.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23948 <3>
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Witty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lebanon Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northwest of Athens.
- The Lebanon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lebanon Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23932 <3>
- Myers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery #1
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (1093 more) ...
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dupree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Spencer Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spencer Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spencer Store, with the one closest to Spencer Store listed first.
- Gipsy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gipsy is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Cartwright
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cartwright is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Elkmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- O'Neal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- O'Neal is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Hay's Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Bethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Mount Rozell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Rozell is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rozell
- Pettusville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Veto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Veto is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
- Lentzville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Stella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Blackburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blackburn is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Athens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Good Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Good Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Poplar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spencer Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spencer Store.
Newspapers Published in Spencer Store ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spencer Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spencer Store, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spencer Store.
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 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 Spencer Store:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Limestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall 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 '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- Spencer Store) 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 Spencer Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |