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 Winterboro (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 Winterboro. 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.
Winterboro is located in Talladega 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 Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Winterboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winterboro:
- Talladega County (The home county of Winterboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Rendalia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Alpine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Sycamore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Oldfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Bon Air
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Zubers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Talladega
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Comerdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Comerdale is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comerdale
- Childersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Eastaboga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Bynum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Eulaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Cobb Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Hobson City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Macon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Hollins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Erin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Millerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Harkins Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Lineville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Barfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Mellow Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Haynes Crossroad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Cragford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Stewartville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Mount Olive
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Goodwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Weogufka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Kellyton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Hissop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hissop is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hissop
- Rockford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Leeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Scott City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Lola City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- McCombs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Roper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Breakstone Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- Cahaba Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Landing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Landing
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Rock Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Vincent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Cropwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glen City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Seddon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Avondale Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Coal City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Brompton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Harpersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Calcis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Wilsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sterrett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Westover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Vandiver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Merrell Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Merrell Beach is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrell Beach
- Columbiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Village
- Chelsea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Hackneyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Goldville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Cowpens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winterboro, see our County-by-County Page for Winterboro.
Cemeteries Near Winterboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winterboro.
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 Winterboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winterboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Winterboro Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mardisville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Armbrester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smelley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smelley Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south of Talladega.
- The Smelley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smelley Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2495949 <3>
- Midway Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Germany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany Cemetery
- The Germany Cemetery has also been known as:
- Germany Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22989 <3>
- Moberley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- Thornhill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allen - Sims Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Winterboro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Winterboro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winterboro, with the one closest to Winterboro listed first.
- Rendalia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Berney's
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berney's is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berney's
- Alpine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Smelley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smelley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelley
- Renfroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Renfroe is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Zubers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Oldfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Childersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Talladega
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sylacauga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hatchet Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchet Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Creek
- Waldo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- East Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winterboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winterboro.
Newspapers Published in Winterboro ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winterboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winterboro, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Winterboro.
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 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 Winterboro:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Coosa County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Tallapoosa 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winterboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Winterboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |