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 Whites Chapel (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 Whites Chapel. 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 Whites Chapel ...
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.
While the name of this community is Whites Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Whites Chapel may originally have been White's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Whites Chapel might be written as White Chapel.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Whites Chapel. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whites Chapel.
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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Whites Chapel is located in Etowah 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 Etowah County: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall & Saint Clair.
Below are the counties that are near Whites Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whites Chapel:
- Etowah County (The home county of Whites Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Anderson
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Edwardsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Wilsonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Coat's Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- East Gadsden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Hale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hale is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Crudup
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Burns Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Gadsden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek Falls ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Black Creek Falls is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Falls
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Bird ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Highmound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Snead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wynnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Taits Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Clarence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Hoods Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- McLarty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Susan Moore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Bright Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Craig
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Fridays Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Colvins Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Douthrittville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Douthrittville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douthrittville
- Oak Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Southside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mack ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Collins ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Angel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Cochran Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Wellington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wellington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Ball Flat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Leesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Moshat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moshat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshat
- Tucker Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Exie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Cedar Bluff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Grantley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Borden Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Oak Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marcus is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rodentown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Collinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cotnam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cotnam is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotnam
- Crossville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Rains ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Mount Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Geraldine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clyde ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Rogers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Boaz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Albertville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Hustleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hustleville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
- Horton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Peters ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Rabbit Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Douglas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Gregory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Steele
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ragland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Polk County (GA)
- Etna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whites Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Whites Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Whites Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whites Chapel.
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 Whites Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whites Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Union Hill UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Owens Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tillison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Reid Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Croft Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hughes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crestwood Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (381 more) ...
- Forrest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Southern Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Southern Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Gadsden.
- The Southern Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sixth Street Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297800 <3>
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Whites Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whites Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whites Chapel, with the one closest to Whites Chapel listed first.
- Upton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Upton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Coat's Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Turkeytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Brice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brice is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- East Gadsden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Gadsden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hokes Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Crudup
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crudup is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
- Keener
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Keener is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Tabor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tabor is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Slackland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slackland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Duck Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Avery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Yancy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yancy is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whites Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whites Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Whites Chapel ...
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 Whites Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whites Chapel, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whites Chapel.
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 Whites Chapel:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Etowah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Marshall County
- Saint Clair County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Whites Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Whites Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |