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 Walkers Corner (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 Walkers Corner. 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.
Name Variations for Walkers Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Walkers Corner: Walkers Cor. (or less commonly used: Walkers Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Walkers Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Walkers Corner may originally have been Walker's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Walkers Corner might be written as Walker Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Walkers Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walkers Corner.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Walkers Corner is located in Cullman 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 Cullman County: Blount, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Walkers Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walkers Corner:
- Cullman County (The home county of Walkers Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Berlin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- East Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Simcoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Baileytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Cullman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Holly Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Vinemont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Hanceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Vinemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Good Hope is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
- Baileyton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Mountain Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Gum Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Birdie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Blountsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Bangor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bangor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Brooksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Cleveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nectar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nectar is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Royal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Bright Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Blount Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Walnut Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Altoona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Gallant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Trafford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Masseyline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Kimberly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Bradford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Majestic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Morris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Village Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
- Palmerdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Palmerdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerdale
- Lawrence County
- Oakville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Swancott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Triana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Whitesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Hog Jaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Ruth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Arab
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Askea Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Friendship
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Grassy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Scant City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Union Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Douglas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Eva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hulaco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Ryan Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Lacon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
- Florette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Falkville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Leesdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Cedar Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Plains is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Plains
- Somerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Briscoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Hartselle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Powellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Powellville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Creel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Empire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Marylee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marylee is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marylee
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
- Burrows Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows Crossroads is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows Crossroads
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Upshaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
- Addison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Arley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Houston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Slick Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Slick Ford is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Ford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walkers Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Walkers Corner.
Cemeteries Near Walkers Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walkers Corner.
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 Walkers Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walkers Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Level Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Welti Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Point Cemetery is located in the vicinity of East Point
- Simcoe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pfiel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duck River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Holly Pond.
- The Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Center Point Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146462 <4>
- Brindley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Convent Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (568 more) ...
- St. Bernard Abbey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Center Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<5>
While we didn't find Walkers Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walkers Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walkers Corner, with the one closest to Walkers Corner listed first.
- Simcoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Phelan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Phelan is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
- Walter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Walter is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter
- Cullman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holly Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Baileyton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Baldwin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Gum Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Eva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Garden City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Blountsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Joy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hulaco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Wilhites
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilhites is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhites
- Trimble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walkers Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walkers Corner.
Newspapers Published in Walkers Corner ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walkers Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walkers Corner, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walkers Corner.
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 Walkers Corner:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cullman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Walker County
- Winston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Walkers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Walkers Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |