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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Tucker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Tucker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tucker, 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 Tucker (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 Tucker. 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 and doctors 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 Tucker is historic, it would have been located within present day DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall, Chattooga (GA), Dade (GA) & Walker (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Tucker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tucker:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Tucker)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Sigsbee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Lickskillet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Dog Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Mount Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Adamsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Douglas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Collinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Payne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bootsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Pine Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Guest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Guest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guest
- Dawson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Collins ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Colvins Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Piedmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dailey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Merrellton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Taft
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Sand Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Blanche
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gaylesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ringgold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Broomtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Centre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Lawrence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Borden Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Hale ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Keener
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Ballplay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Wilsonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Yancy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Coat's Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Duck Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Banner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Anderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Crudup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Edwardsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Rock City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Dutton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Section
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Central
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Pisgah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gray ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Langston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Bellefonte ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefonte is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Scottsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Peters ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Boaz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hustleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Mid ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Albertville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Columbus City Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- Rabbit Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Menlo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <2>
- Lyerly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Cloudland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Trion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trion is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trion <2>
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Coosa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oreburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Cave Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robealou Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Mount Berry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Polk County (GA)
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tucker, see our County-by-County Page for Tucker.
Cemeteries Near Tucker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tucker.
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 Tucker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tucker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Welcome Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tuckers Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Black Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Testament Holiness Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Longshore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Starling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coffey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Daniels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sand Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (418 more) ...
- Unity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Killian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Tucker in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tucker.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tucker, with the one closest to Tucker listed first.
- Loveless
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Loveless is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless
- Sand Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Hurley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hurley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Collbran
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Collbran is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collbran
- Portersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Portersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Round Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Round Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Collinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Payne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leonard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leonard is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Gaylesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ringgold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Mackey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tucker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tucker.
Newspapers Published in Tucker ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tucker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tucker, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tucker.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Tucker:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Chattooga County
- Floyd County
- Polk 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 Tucker, 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tucker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |