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 Waterloo Springs (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 Waterloo Springs. 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 Waterloo Springs ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Waterloo Springs: Waterloo Spgs. (or less commonly used: Waterloo Spngs. or Waterloo Sprngs.)
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 doctors 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.
Waterloo Springs is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Calhoun, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Chattooga (GA), Floyd (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Waterloo Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waterloo Springs:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Waterloo Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Ringgold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Taft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Blanche
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Broomtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Gaylesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- New Moon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Lawrence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Grover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Cedar Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Collins ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Dailey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Piedmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Colvins Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Borden Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Lickskillet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Adamsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Sigsbee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Fort Payne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Bootsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
- Pine Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Bankhead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Chavies
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chavies is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Hale ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Ballplay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Coat's Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Keener
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Turkeytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Banner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Banner is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Yancy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
- Anderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Duck Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Edwardsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Hokes Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Rock City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Dutton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Pisgah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Section
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Gray ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Marshall County
- Peters ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Chattooga County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menlo <1>
- Cloudland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Berryton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Trion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trion is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trion <1>
- Zula ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Dade County (GA)
- Rising Fawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Floyd County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Coosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oreburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Cave Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Robealou Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Armuchee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Glenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Mount Berry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Rome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
- Summerville Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Floyd Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Polk County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Etna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Cedartown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Esom Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Walker County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Martindale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martindale is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Bronco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bronco is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waterloo Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Waterloo Springs.
Cemeteries Near Waterloo Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waterloo Springs.
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 Waterloo Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waterloo Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Cannon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dixons Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Unity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stories Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Randall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson - Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Callan Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (407 more) ...
- Oak Bowery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek 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.<3>
While we didn't find Waterloo Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waterloo Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waterloo Springs, with the one closest to Waterloo Springs listed first.
- Ringgold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Hurley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hurley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Gaylesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Broomtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Fullerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fullerton is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Lawrence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- New Moon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Cedar Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Farill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farill
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Grover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Chattoogaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waterloo Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waterloo Springs.
Newspapers Published in Waterloo Springs ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waterloo Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waterloo Springs, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waterloo Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Waterloo Springs:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Chattooga County
- Dade County
- Floyd County
- Polk County
- Walker 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 Waterloo Springs, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Waterloo Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |