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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sunset. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sunset to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunset, 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 Sunset (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 Sunset. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sunset is historic, it would have been located within present day Jackson 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 Jackson County: DeKalb, Madison, Marshall, Dade (GA), Franklin (TN) & Marion (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Sunset. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunset:
- Jackson County (The home county of Sunset)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Hytop
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Estillfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Mud Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mud Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
- Baileytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Skyline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Cumberland Mountain Farm Colony ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Maynard Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maynard Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Cove
- Kyles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kyles is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles
- Francisco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Henagar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beaty Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaty Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Crossroads
- Ider
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Powell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Powell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
- Cartersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cartersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Sylvania
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvania is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,860 people
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Gurley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ryland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Key's Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Moore's Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Country Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Country Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Hazel Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mercury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Berkley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Chase
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Marshall County
- Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dade County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Cole City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cole City is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole City
- Population from the 2010 Census: 127 people
- Stewart Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Coffee County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Ruthledge Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Southgate Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Franklin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Sal City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Anderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Beans Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Huntland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cowan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cowan is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowan <2>
- Winchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Decherd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lexie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Greenhaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Sewanee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garner Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Grundy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Monteagle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lankford Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Sartain Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Tracy City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Grundy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Flintville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Corder Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Gattistown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Howell Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Clarks Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Park City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Park City Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- Marion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Orme
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Orme is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Richard City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Richard City is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- South Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Comfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Kimball
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Marion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Jasper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moore County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Ridgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lynchburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunset, see our County-by-County Page for Sunset.
Cemeteries Near Sunset ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunset.
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 Sunset - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunset covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Crawford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Culver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hytop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Haddon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Knight Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McCullough Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bishop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Prince Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (974 more) ...
- Champion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sisk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reid Cemetery
(5 miles [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.
Sunset itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunset, with the one closest to Sunset listed first.
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Estillfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Mud Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mud Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
- Kirby Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kirby Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby Creek
- Larkin's Fork ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Larkin's Fork is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkin's Fork
- Maynard Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maynard Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Cove
- Kyles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kyles is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles
- Francisco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Anderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Tupelo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tupelo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hollytree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Fackler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fackler is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fackler
- Sherwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunset. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunset.
Newspapers Published in Sunset ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunset.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunset, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunset.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Sunset:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DeKalb County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Dade County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Moore 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 Sunset, 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 '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- Sunset) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |