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 Wenonah (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 Wenonah. 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 doctors and 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.
Wenonah is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Wenonah. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wenonah:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Wenonah)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wenonah, with the one closest to Wenonah listed first.
- Winetka
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Winetka is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winetka
- Duncan
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Duncan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Midfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lipscomb
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lipscomb is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,110 people
- Roosevelt - Cairo Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oxmoor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oxmoor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxmoor
- Fairfield Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Village
- Ishkooda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ishkooda is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ishkooda
- Shannon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Brighton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mason City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mason City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
- West End
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West End is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wenonah, with the one closest to Wenonah listed first.
- Green Pond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cane Creek is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Eddings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eddings is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddings
- Blocton Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton Junction is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton Junction
- Blocton Junction has also been known as:
- Blockton Junc
- Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Bibb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Bibb is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bibb
- Seymour
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Seymour is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Belle Ellen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Ellen is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ellen
- Nash Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nash Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Town
- Blocton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton
- Bucktown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bucktown is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Burmah ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burmah is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmah
- Corinne ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corinne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wenonah, with the one closest to Wenonah listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Warrior
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Red Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- County Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Compton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Selfville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wenonah, with the one closest to Wenonah listed first.
- Woodland Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Moody
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Brompton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Acmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Parsons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Vincent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Argo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Margaret
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbough Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Cook's Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wenonah, with the one closest to Wenonah listed first.
- Tacoa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Inverness
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Falliston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Falliston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
- Helena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
- Meadowbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Bamford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bamford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Pelham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Purdy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Bridgeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Alabaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tulse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tulse is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
- Brantleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brantleyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantleyville
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wenonah, with the one closest to Wenonah listed first.
- Tannehill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Lake View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Abernant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abernant is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernant
- Bull City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Kellerman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kellerman is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerman
- Vance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brookwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wenonah, with the one closest to Wenonah listed first.
- Quinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Reeds Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Wyatt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Yerkwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Burnwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Oakahalla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Dora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
- Sumiton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sumiton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
- Former names for Sumiton:
- Commercial
- Democrat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <1>
- Barney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barney is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Goodsprings
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goodsprings is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Dovertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dovertown is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovertown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wenonah, see our County-by-County Page for Wenonah.
Cemeteries Near Wenonah ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wenonah.
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 Wenonah - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wenonah covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wenonah, with the one closest to Wenonah listed first.
- Valhalla Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Memorial Gardens
- The Brighton Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Brighton Cemetery
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Grace Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grace Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Grace Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- The New Grace Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grace Hill Cemetery
- New Grace Hill Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23071 <2>
- Shadowlawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Joley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- The Elmwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elm Leaf Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22674 <2>
- Mason Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (359 more) ...
- Beth-El Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sadlers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Wenonah in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wenonah.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wenonah, with the one closest to Wenonah listed first.
- Ware
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Hillman
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hillman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Duncan
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Duncan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Woodward Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodward Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Junction
- Oxmoor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oxmoor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxmoor
- Ishkooda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ishkooda is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ishkooda
- Powderly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powderly is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderly
- Brickyard Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brickyard Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Junction
- Sloss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sloss is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloss
- Spaulding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spaulding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Collins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Ensley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ensley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blue Creek Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Creek Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek Junction
- Bessemer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wylam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wylam is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylam
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wenonah. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wenonah.
Newspapers Published in Wenonah ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wenonah.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wenonah, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wenonah.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Wenonah:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Blount County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Tuscaloosa 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 Wenonah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Wenonah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |