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 Wolf Creek (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 Wolf Creek. 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 Wolf Creek ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Wolfcreek.
- A typical abbreviation for Wolf Creek: Wolf Crk. (or less commonly used: Wolf Ck. or Wolf Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Wolf Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wolf Creek.
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 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.
Wolf Creek is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, Shelby & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Wolf Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wolf Creek:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Wolf Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Creek, with the one closest to Wolf Creek listed first.
- Cook's Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Cropwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glen City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brompton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Avondale Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Moody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Woodland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Acmar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Parsons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Creek, with the one closest to Wolf Creek listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Straight Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Remlap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Appalachian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Highland Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Compton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Selfville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Allgood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Dallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Adville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- County Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Little Warrior
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Creek, with the one closest to Wolf Creek listed first.
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Eastaboga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Macon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Bynum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Ohatchee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Eulaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Bera ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Morrisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Creek, with the one closest to Wolf Creek listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Erin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Creek, with the one closest to Wolf Creek listed first.
- Leeds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Scott City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Breakstone Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- Roper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Lola City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- McCombs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Cahaba Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Trussville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Creek, with the one closest to Wolf Creek listed first.
- Calcis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Sterrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vandiver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Harpersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Westover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Shoal Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Bridgeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Lake Purdy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Chelsea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Inverness
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Creek, with the one closest to Wolf Creek listed first.
- Logan Martin Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- East Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Colony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Windsong Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Lincoln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Alpine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Talladega
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Childersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winterboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Bon Air
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Rendalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wolf Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Wolf Creek.
Cemeteries Near Wolf Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wolf Creek.
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 Wolf Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wolf Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wolf Creek, with the one closest to Wolf Creek listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawleys Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stewarts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Macedonia North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coosa Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Boykin Truitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Florence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Pell City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26861 <3>
- Continue List (282 more) ...
- Bowman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Sterrett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sterrett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wolf Creek had a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wolf Creek, with the one closest to Wolf Creek listed first.
- Cook's Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Lowery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lowery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowery
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Eden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Cropwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pell City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brompton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Sterrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Vandiver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stemley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stemley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemley
- Seddon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Leeds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wolf Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wolf Creek.
Newspapers Published in Wolf Creek ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wolf Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wolf Creek, 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 Wolf Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wolf Creek:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Jefferson County
- Shelby County
- Talladega 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wolf Creek) 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 Wolf Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |