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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Tappan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Tappan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tappan, 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 Tappan (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 Tappan. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Tappan is historic, it would have been located within present day Blount 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 Blount County: Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, Marshall, Saint Clair, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Tappan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tappan:
- Blount County (The home county of Tappan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Craig
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Brooksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Royal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Bright Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Birdie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Clarence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Susan Moore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Snead
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Fridays Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Calhoun County
- Southside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Holly Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Baileytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Baileyton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Simcoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Garden City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Hanceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- East Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Cullman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rains ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Rogers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Rodentown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Whiton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Crossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Walnut Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Altoona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Gallant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Greer ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Howelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Benson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Egypt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Carlisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carlisle is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Ivalee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Masseyline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Trafford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Village Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
- Ayres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Palmerdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palmerdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerdale
- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Majestic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Crosston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crosston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosston
- Kimberly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- New Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Askea Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Hyatt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Horton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Arab
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whitesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Street ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Hog Jaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Hulaco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Apple Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Eva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Briscoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Morgan City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Florette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Lacon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
- Valhermoso Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lacey's Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Falkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leesdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Whitney Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Steele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Springville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Argo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Branchville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Margaret
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Odenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tappan, see our County-by-County Page for Tappan.
Cemeteries Near Tappan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tappan.
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 Tappan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tappan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Gibbs Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Alldredge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sivley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Graves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Brooksville.
- The Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dickson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22504 <4>
- Brooksville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Oneonta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23519 <4>
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (455 more) ...
- Lamb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lamb Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Clarence
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.
Tappan 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 Tappan, with the one closest to Tappan listed first.
- Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Royal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Brooksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Clarence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Bright Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Wynnville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Snead
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Blountsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highmound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- McLarty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bird ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Holly Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Joy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tappan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tappan.
Newspapers Published in Tappan ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tappan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tappan, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tappan.
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 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 Tappan:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Saint Clair 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 Tappan, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tappan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |