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 Ware Ferry (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 Ware Ferry. 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.
Ware Ferry is located in Elmore 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 Elmore County: Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Macon, Montgomery & Tallapoosa.
Below are the counties that are near Ware Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ware Ferry:
- Elmore County (The home county of Ware Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- Fusihatchi ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fusihatchi is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusihatchi
- Ware
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ware is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Blue Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Wetumpka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Claud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Claud is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Coosada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Prattville Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville Junction
- Elmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eclectic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tallassee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Adkin Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adkin Hill is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkin Hill
- Adkin Hill has also been known as:
- Atkins Hill
- Autauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- Millbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prattville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Melmar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Melmar is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmar
- Pine Level
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Level is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Booth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Booth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Marbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbons ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gibbons is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbons
- Autaugaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Bullock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- Mitchell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Fitzpatrick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Chilton County
- Mountain Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- Equality
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Equality is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Nixburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nixburg is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixburg
- Pentonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pentonville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentonville
- Cottage Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Fishpond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Hale County
- Erie ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- Burkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burkville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
- Letohatchee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Letohatchee is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letohatchee
- Davenport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Lowndesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- Tysonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tysonville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tysonville
- Shorter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Calebee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Calebee is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calebee
- Hornady
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hornady is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornady
- La Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- La Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Place
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hardaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hardaway is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardaway
- Liberty City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Tuskegee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Notasulga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Davis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- Mount Meigs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Meigs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Meigs
- Sunshine Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
- Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Madison is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Waugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waugh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Boylston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Boylston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Capitol Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Capitol Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol Heights
- Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Pike Road
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cecil
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Gibbs Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbs Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Village
- Highland Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- East Tallassee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Tallassee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tallassee
- Tallapoosa City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tallapoosa City is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa City
- Reeltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reeltown is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeltown
- Benson ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benson is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Church Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Susannah ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Susannah is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susannah
- Our Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Our Town is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ware Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Ware Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Ware Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ware Ferry.
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 Ware Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ware Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- Wares Quarter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Bingham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Augusta Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Billingslea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eastwood Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goodhope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Young Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wescott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mount Meigs.
- The Antioch Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lucas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21263 <2>
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Peter Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pinkston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Ware Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ware Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ware Ferry, with the one closest to Ware Ferry listed first.
- Ware
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ware is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Mount Meigs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Meigs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Meigs
- Wetumpka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Barachias
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barachias is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barachias
- Perry's Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Perry's Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry's Mill
- Pike Road
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shorter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Jackson's Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson's Lake is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson's Lake
- Elmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eclectic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dexter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dexter is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Cross Keys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- La Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- La Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Place
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ware Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ware Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Ware Ferry ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ware Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ware Ferry, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ware Ferry.
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 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 Ware Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Elmore County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Autauga County
- Bullock County
- Chilton County
- Coosa County
- Hale County
- Lowndes County
- Macon County
- Montgomery County
- Tallapoosa 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> | 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 Ware Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Ware Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |