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 (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. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 is located in Chambers 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 Chambers County: Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa, Harris (GA) & Troup (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Welch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Welch:
- Chambers County (The home county of Welch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Stroud
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Doublehead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Standing Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Evansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Clackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Fredonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Red Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Milltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Penton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Abanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Motley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Cragford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Barfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Lineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Hightower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Ranburne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Micaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Blanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- The Bottle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Gwen Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Roanoke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Peavy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- High Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Forester Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Wadley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Corbin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Malone Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Almond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Wedowee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Woodland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Truett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Frog Eye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Daviston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dudleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Emuckfaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Matilda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Goldville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- New Site
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Camp Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Cowpens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Dadeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksons' Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Tyus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Roopville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Coweta County (GA)
- Grantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harris County (GA)
- Pine Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Glenn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Houston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Frolona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Ephesus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Centralhatchee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Corinth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Meriwether County (GA)
- Lone Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Evansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Lake Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Rockwell Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sassafrass Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- North West Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Graysons Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- LaGrange
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Asta Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Welch, see our County-by-County Page for Welch.
Cemeteries Near Welch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Welch.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Welch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sky View Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Salem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Higgins Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Finney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Booger Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Randolph Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (462 more) ...
- Sharps Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swint - Hammack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Welch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Welch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Welch, with the one closest to Welch listed first.
- Stroud
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Finley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Finley is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Doublehead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Roanoke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Evansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Fredonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Milltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- High Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Glenn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crowder is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Welch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welch.
Newspapers Published in Welch ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Welch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Welch, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Welch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Welch:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Chambers County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa County
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Troup 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, 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- Welch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |