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 Welch 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 Welch 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Welch Ferry is located in Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County: Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon & Randolph.
Below are the counties that are near Welch Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Welch Ferry:
- Tallapoosa County (The home county of Welch Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Jacksons' Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cowpens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- New Site
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Matilda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Alexander City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Goldville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Alkehatchee ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alkehatchee is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkehatchee
- Dadeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hackneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Daviston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emuckfaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Dudleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Our Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Our Town is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Town
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Blackman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Abanda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Milltown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Penton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Red Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Chapel Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Clackville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- LaFayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Boyds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Doublehead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Five Points
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Stroud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Motley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Mellow Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Millerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Harkins Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Cragford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hollins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Lineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chambers Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Barfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Erin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Kellyton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Fishpond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fishpond is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
- Ray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ray is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Goodwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nixburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nixburg is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixburg
- Cottage Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Hissop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hissop is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hissop
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Equality
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Equality is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Rockford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pentonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pentonville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentonville
- Stewartville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Weogufka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Elmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Irma ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Irma is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Jordan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Seman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seman is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seman
- Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Central
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Eclectic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tallassee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Claud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Claud is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Hale County
- Erie ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Roxana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- The Bottle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Loachapoka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgewood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Liberty City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Liberty City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Notasulga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Almond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Wadley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Forester Chapel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Malone Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Peavy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Ofelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Roanoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Christiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Wedowee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Chandler Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Oldfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Sylacauga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mignon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mignon is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mignon
- Sycamore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Welch Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Welch Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Welch Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Welch 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 Welch Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Welch Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Jackson Field Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksons Gap Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Rocky Mount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (357 more) ...
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hillview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Welch Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Welch Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Welch Ferry, with the one closest to Welch Ferry listed first.
- Tohopeka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tohopeka is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tohopeka
- Jacksons' Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Site
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Cowpens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Alexander City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Easton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Matilda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Zana ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zana is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Goldville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Island Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Island Home is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Home
- Dadeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buttston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Buttston is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttston
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hackneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Daviston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emuckfaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Welch Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welch Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Welch 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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Welch Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Welch Ferry, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Welch 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 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 Welch Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Tallapoosa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Coosa County
- Elmore County
- Hale County
- Lee County
- Macon County
- Randolph 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> | 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 Welch Ferry, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Welch Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |