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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 Uriah (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 Uriah. 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 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.

Uriah is located in Monroe County.

To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia & Wilcox.

Below are the counties that are near Uriah. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Uriah:

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Uriah)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Uriah, with the one closest to Uriah listed first.
    • Goodway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Megargel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Frisco City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Excel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Excel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excel
      • Excel is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Perdue Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ollie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ollie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
      • Ollie is located in Monroe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ollie
      • From Uriah to Ollie
    • Mexia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mexia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
      • Mexia is located in Monroe County
    • Claiborne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Claiborne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
      • Claiborne is located in Monroe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Claiborne
      • From Uriah to Claiborne
    • Monroeville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeville
      • Monroeville is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,623 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroeville <1>
    • Finchburg ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Finchburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchburg
      • Finchburg is located in Monroe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Finchburg
      • From Uriah to Finchburg
    • Peterman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Baldwin County
  • Clarke County
  • Conecuh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Uriah, with the one closest to Uriah listed first.
    • Range
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Repton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
      • Repton is located in Conecuh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Repton <1>
    • Lenox
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenox have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
      • Lenox is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenox <1>
    • Bermuda
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Belleville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
      • Belleville is located in Conecuh County
    • Castleberry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleberry
      • Castleberry is located in Conecuh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
    • Sparta ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sparta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Sparta is located in Conecuh County
      • Sparta has also been known as:
      • Old Sparta
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sparta
      • From Uriah to Sparta
    • Ramah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Escambia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Uriah, with the one closest to Uriah listed first.
    • Huxford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Atmore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Hammac
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hammac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
      • Hammac is located in Escambia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hammac
      • From Uriah to Hammac
    • Flomaton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pollard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pollard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
      • Pollard is located in Escambia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Brewton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Brewton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Brewton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brewton
      • East Brewton is located in Escambia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,326 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Brewton <1>
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Uriah, with the one closest to Uriah listed first.
    • Carson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
      • Carson is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Carson
      • From Uriah to Carson
    • Prestwick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Prestwick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwick
      • Prestwick is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Prestwick
      • From Uriah to Prestwick
    • Leroy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Malcolm
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Sunflower
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Escambia County (FL)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Uriah, see our County-by-County Page for Uriah.

Cemeteries Near Uriah ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Uriah.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Uriah covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Uriah, with the one closest to Uriah listed first.

  • Uriah Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Uriah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Uriah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Poplar Springs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poplar Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Semirah Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Semirah Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Semirah Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sowell Old Field Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sowell Old Field Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sowell Old Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mothershed Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mothershed Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mothershed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huxford Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huxford Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huxford Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Enon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Morning Star Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morning Star Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morning Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mineola Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mineola Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mineola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lindsey Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lindsey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lindsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (198 more) ...
    • Booneville Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Booneville Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Booneville Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Coleman Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coleman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coleman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Uriah in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Uriah.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Uriah, with the one closest to Uriah listed first.

  • Mount Pleasant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Little River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Barlow Bend
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barlow Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
    • Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Barlow Bend
    • From Uriah to Barlow Bend
  • Perdue Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Gainestown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gainestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
    • Gainestown is located in Clarke County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Gainestown
    • From Uriah to Gainestown
  • Blacksher
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Range
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Claiborne
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Claiborne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
    • Claiborne is located in Monroe County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Claiborne
    • From Uriah to Claiborne
  • Repton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
    • Repton is located in Conecuh County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Repton <1>
  • Monroeville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeville
    • Monroeville is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroeville <1>
  • Wallace
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Wallace is located in Escambia County
  • Alma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Alma is located in Clarke County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Gosport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gosport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosport
      • Gosport is located in Clarke County
    • Tensaw
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tensaw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
      • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tensaw
      • From Uriah to Tensaw
    • Hammac
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hammac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
      • Hammac is located in Escambia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hammac
      • From Uriah to Hammac

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Uriah. See our List of 1890's Communities around Uriah.

Newspapers Published in Uriah ...

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 Uriah.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Uriah, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Uriah.

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 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 Uriah:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Uriah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Uriah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Uriah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Uriah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3052, Longitude: -87.5026    









 

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