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 Tucktown (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 Tucktown. 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 doctors and 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.
Tucktown 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 Tucktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tucktown:
- Talladega County (The home county of Tucktown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Talladega
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windsong Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Colony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Waldo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ironaton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Rendalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Winterboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Logan Martin Dam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- East Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Blount County
- Dale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Eastaboga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Bynum
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Macon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Eulaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Cobb Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Hobson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Bera ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Morrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Erin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Elder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Hollins
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Harkins Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Millerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Haynes Crossroad
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Lineville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Delta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mellow Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Abel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Stewartville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Mount Olive
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Goodwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Leeds
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Scott City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Breakstone Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Lola City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Roper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Cahaba Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- McCombs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Alton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Trussville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ayres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Rock Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Randolph County
- Christiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Cropwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Seddon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Riverside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glen City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Avondale Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Vincent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cook's Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Wattsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Brompton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Calcis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Harpersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sterrett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vandiver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dunavant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Westover
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Wilsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Bridgeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Chelsea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Purdy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Tallapoosa County
- Hackneyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tucktown, see our County-by-County Page for Tucktown.
Cemeteries Near Tucktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tucktown.
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 Tucktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tucktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Allen - Sims Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hepzibah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Freeze Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thornhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Armbrester Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mardisville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Midway Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mays Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walkers Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Hubbard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McCellan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moberley 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.<3>
While we didn't find Tucktown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tucktown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tucktown, with the one closest to Tucktown listed first.
- Renfroe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Renfroe is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Talladega
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stemley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stemley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemley
- Eureka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Berney's
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Berney's is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berney's
- Waldo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Turner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cropwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Alpine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Seddon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Riverside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rendalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tucktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tucktown.
Newspapers Published in Tucktown ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tucktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tucktown, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tucktown.
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 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 Tucktown:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Coosa County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Randolph 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Tucktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tucktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |