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 Tallaseehatchee (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 Tallaseehatchee. 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 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.
Tallaseehatchee is located in Talladega 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 Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Tallaseehatchee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tallaseehatchee:
- Talladega County (The home county of Tallaseehatchee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Sycamore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Winterboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Oldfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Comerdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Comerdale is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comerdale
- Zubers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Rendalia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Mignon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mignon is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mignon
- Bon Air
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Childersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Eastaboga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bynum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Chilton County
- Jumbo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jumbo is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Hollins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Millerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Erin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Harkins Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Lineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mellow Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Elder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Stewartville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Mount Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Weogufka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Goodwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kellyton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Hissop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hissop is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hissop
- Rockford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dollar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dollar is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Ray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Cottage Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Fishpond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Leeds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Lola City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- McCombs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Cahaba Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Landing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Landing
- Rock Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Roper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Vincent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Cropwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Glen City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Avondale Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Seddon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Cook's Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brompton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Moody
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Harpersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Calcis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Westover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Sterrett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Merrell Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Merrell Beach is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrell Beach
- Pine Grove Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Village
- Vandiver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbiana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shelby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Chelsea
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Hackneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Cowpens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Alexander City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goldville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tallaseehatchee, see our County-by-County Page for Tallaseehatchee.
Cemeteries Near Tallaseehatchee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tallaseehatchee.
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 Tallaseehatchee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tallaseehatchee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Odena Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winterboro Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Comers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rhoden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rhoden Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Childersburg
- Green Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kingston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (350 more) ...
- Childersburg City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rising Star Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Tallaseehatchee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tallaseehatchee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tallaseehatchee, with the one closest to Tallaseehatchee listed first.
- Sycamore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Zubers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Oldfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Rendalia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sylacauga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Childersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Berney's
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berney's is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berney's
- Smelley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smelley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelley
- Hollins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Hatchet Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hatchet Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Creek
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- East Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Renfroe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Renfroe is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Fayetteville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fayetteville is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tallaseehatchee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tallaseehatchee.
Newspapers Published in Tallaseehatchee ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tallaseehatchee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tallaseehatchee, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tallaseehatchee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Tallaseehatchee:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Chilton County
- Clay County
- Coosa County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Tallapoosa 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> | 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 Tallaseehatchee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tallaseehatchee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |