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 Walden Quarters (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 Walden Quarters. 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.
Walden Quarters is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter & Tuscaloosa.
Below are the counties that are near Walden Quarters. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walden Quarters:
- Greene County (The home county of Walden Quarters)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden Quarters, with the one closest to Walden Quarters listed first.
- Eutaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Boligee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lizzieville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- Miller
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Knoxville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Knoxville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- West Greene
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Mantua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mantua is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Lewiston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Choctaw County
- Cedahoma ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cedahoma is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedahoma
- Hale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden Quarters, with the one closest to Walden Quarters listed first.
- Sawyerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Akron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Village is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Arcola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arcola is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Cedarville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Greensboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rosemary
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rosemary is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Powers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Gallion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gallion is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallion
- Prairieville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Moundville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newbern
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newbern is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Phipps ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Phipps is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden Quarters, with the one closest to Walden Quarters listed first.
- Aigleville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Aigleville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aigleville
- Demopolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Faunsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pin Hook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pin Hook is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Tombigbee ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tombigbee is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tombigbee
- Siddonsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Siddonsville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsville
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Griffins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Griffins is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins
- Linden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden Quarters, with the one closest to Walden Quarters listed first.
- Brush Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brush Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Morgan Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Morgan Springs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Springs
- Uniontown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellawhite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ellawhite is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellawhite
- The Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Village is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden Quarters, with the one closest to Walden Quarters listed first.
- Benevola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Benevola is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevola
- Olney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Olney is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden Quarters, with the one closest to Walden Quarters listed first.
- McDowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- McDowell is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Epes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Epes is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Gainesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Moore Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
- Brewersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Coatopa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Livingston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sumterville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Arrington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Arrington is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Bellamy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Emelle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walden Quarters, with the one closest to Walden Quarters listed first.
- Ralph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Foster's
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kemper County (MS)
- Giles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Giles is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walden Quarters, see our County-by-County Page for Walden Quarters.
Cemeteries Near Walden Quarters ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walden Quarters.
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 Walden Quarters - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walden Quarters covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walden Quarters, with the one closest to Walden Quarters listed first.
- Walton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kirksey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Owens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Erie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Christian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cooks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Blocker Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jackson Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Walden Quarters in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walden Quarters.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walden Quarters, with the one closest to Walden Quarters listed first.
- Eutaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Sawyerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Evansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Boligee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tishabee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tishabee is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tishabee
- Miller
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Belmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Arcola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arcola is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Cedarville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- McDowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- McDowell is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Greensboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Hebron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hebron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Demopolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walden Quarters. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walden Quarters.
Newspapers Published in Walden Quarters ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walden Quarters.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walden Quarters, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walden Quarters.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Walden Quarters:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Hale County
- Marengo County
- Perry County
- Pickens County
- Sumter County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Kemper 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> | 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 Walden Quarters, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Walden Quarters) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |