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 Vinnette (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 Vinnette. 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 and 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.
Vinnette is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Saint Clair & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Vinnette. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vinnette:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Vinnette)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinnette, with the one closest to Vinnette listed first.
- Eulaton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Cobb Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Bynum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Hobson City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Oxanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Oxford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bera ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Anniston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Leatherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Blue Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Eastaboga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cherokee County
- Ball Flat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinnette, with the one closest to Vinnette listed first.
- Elder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Haynes Crossroad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Erin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Delta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Lineville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Chambers Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Harkins Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Cragford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinnette, with the one closest to Vinnette listed first.
- Abel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Hollis Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Heflin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Micaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Edwardsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Grantley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Ai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Fruithurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Oak Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Hightower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Hopewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinnette, with the one closest to Vinnette listed first.
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Cobb City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Pilgrims Rest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Glencoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rainbow City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burns Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Hokes Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Attalla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Banner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Gadsden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alabama City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinnette, with the one closest to Vinnette listed first.
- Christiana
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Milner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Ofelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Morrison Crossroad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Newell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Rockdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinnette, with the one closest to Vinnette listed first.
- Ragland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Seddon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Coal City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Avondale Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Cropwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glen City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wattsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Ashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Steele
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinnette, with the one closest to Vinnette listed first.
- Coldwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kentuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- McElderry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Lincoln
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ironaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Talladega
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Windsong Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Waldo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Chandler Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vinnette, see our County-by-County Page for Vinnette.
Cemeteries Near Vinnette ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vinnette.
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 Vinnette - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vinnette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vinnette, with the one closest to Vinnette listed first.
- Coldwater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater Cemetery
- The Coldwater Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coldwater Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #262899 <2>
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oxford Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westview Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyds Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Groce - Montgomery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cunningham - Pyles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Oxford.
- The Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Antioch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1786988 <2>
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Edgemont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Vinnette in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vinnette.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vinnette, with the one closest to Vinnette listed first.
- Eulaton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Bynum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Coldwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Silver Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Jenifer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jenifer is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenifer
- Oxford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oxanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oxanna is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxanna
- Anniston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bera ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Eastaboga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Leatherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Munford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Peaceburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vinnette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vinnette.
Newspapers Published in Vinnette ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vinnette.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vinnette, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vinnette.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Vinnette:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Etowah County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Vinnette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Vinnette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |