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 Union Hill (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 Union Hill. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Union Hill is located in Cleburne 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 Cleburne County: Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Randolph, Talladega, Carroll (GA), Haralson (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Union Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Union Hill:
- Cleburne County (The home county of Union Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Hightower
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Ranburne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Ai
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Micaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Fruithurst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Muscadine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Edwardsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Heflin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Abel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Oak Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Iron City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Choccolocco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- De Armanville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- White Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Friendship
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nances Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Anniston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oxanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Chambers County
- Doublehead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Delta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Haynes Crossroad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Barfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Elder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Cragford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lineville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Newell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Morrison Crossroad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Woodland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Rockdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Milner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Corbin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Wedowee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Christiana
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- West
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Kentuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Silver Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Bowdon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jonesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Tyus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Jake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jake is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Mount Zion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Roopville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bowdon Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lowell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Bowers Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Temple
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coweta County (GA)
- Sargent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Douglas County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Tyree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Hannah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Villa Rica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Budapest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Waco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waco is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
- Bremen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Felton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Ephesus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Yates Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Roosterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Frolona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- O'Neals Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Glenn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Houston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Esom Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Union Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Union Hill.
Cemeteries Near Union Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union Hill.
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 Union Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Union Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Union Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cleburne Memorial Garden
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Ranburne.
- The Crumley's Chapel Church of God Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crumbleys Chapel Cemetery
- Crumley's Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254824 <3>
- Goldridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wise Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rice Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Flat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Garretts Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fordham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Shiloh Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethena Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Midway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Union Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Union Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Hightower
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Lofty
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Newell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Bowdon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Abernathy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Abernathy is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Micaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Lamar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lamar is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Joel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Joel is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- Victory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Victory is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Burwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burwell is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Sewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Rockdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Union Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Union Hill.
Newspapers Published in Union Hill ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Union Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Union Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Union Hill.
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 Union Hill:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Randolph County
- Talladega County
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Polk 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> | 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- Union Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Union Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |