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 White Plains (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 White Plains. 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 hospitals and 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.
White Plains 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 White Plains. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Plains:
- Chambers County (The home county of White Plains)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Chapel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Penton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Stroud
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Fredonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- LaFayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Doublehead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Clackville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Red Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Standing Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Abanda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Motley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Cragford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Lineville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hale County
- Erie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- The Bottle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Gwen Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Chewacla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Roxana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ridgewood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Loachapoka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Peavy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Roanoke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Wadley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- High Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Almond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Malone Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- West
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Wedowee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ofelia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Frog Eye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Dudleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Truett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Daviston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Matilda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Emuckfaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Camp Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- New Site
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Dadeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Goldville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Cowpens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Harris County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Pine Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountain Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Glenn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Houston
(19 miles [30.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Roosterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Lake Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- North West Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Rockwell Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sunny Point
(20 miles [32.2 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
- LaGrange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Pioneer Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Graysons Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Plains, see our County-by-County Page for White Plains.
Cemeteries Near White Plains ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Plains.
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 White Plains - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Plains covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Sharps Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Finney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Higgins Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hill - Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Rock Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chappell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Emory Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tatum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (427 more) ...
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holstum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 White Plains in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Plains.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Chapel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Buffalo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Marcoot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marcoot is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoot
- Stroud
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- LaFayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fredonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Doublehead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Finley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Finley is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Bosworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Blackman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Moorefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Moorefield is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Roanoke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Plains. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Plains.
Newspapers Published in White Plains ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Plains.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Plains, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White Plains.
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 White Plains:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Chambers County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Hale County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa County
- Harris County
- Heard 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 White Plains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- White Plains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |