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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 Wyatt (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 Wyatt. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Wyatt is located in Walker 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 Walker County: Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Jefferson, Marion, Tuscaloosa & Winston.

Below are the counties that are near Wyatt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wyatt:

  • Walker County     (The home county of Wyatt)
  • Blount County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyatt, with the one closest to Wyatt listed first.
    • Red Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Hill is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
    • Warrior
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Reid's
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Smoke Rise
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
    • Blount Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • County Line
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hayden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dale ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Dale is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Selfville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Selfville is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
    • Bangor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dallas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dallas is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
    • Compton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Cullman County
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyatt, with the one closest to Wyatt listed first.
    • Alta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Berry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyatt, with the one closest to Wyatt listed first.
    • Media
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • West Jefferson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • West Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
    • Robbins Crossroads
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sayre
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sayre is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
    • Alden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Alden is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
    • Graysville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Adamsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cardiff
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cardiff is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Pinkney City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pinkney City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney City
    • Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
    • Black Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Brookside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyatt, with the one closest to Wyatt listed first.
    • Inverness
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Inverness is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
    • Lake Purdy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
    • Bamford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bamford is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
    • Bridgeton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
    • Indian Springs Village
      (30 miles [48.3 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Tacoa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tacoa is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
  • Tuscaloosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyatt, with the one closest to Wyatt listed first.
    • Bull City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
    • Kellerman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Abernant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Lake View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Tannehill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
  • Winston County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wyatt, see our County-by-County Page for Wyatt.

Cemeteries Near Wyatt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wyatt.

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 Wyatt - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wyatt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wyatt, with the one closest to Wyatt listed first.

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 Wyatt in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wyatt.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Wyatt, with the one closest to Wyatt listed first.

  • Dora
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Porter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Porter is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
  • Robbins Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Linn Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Linn Crossing is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Crossing
  • Cordova
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Adamsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Blossburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Blossburg is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
  • Cardiff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cardiff is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
  • Short Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Brookside
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Parrish
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Sloan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sloan is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Toadvine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sandusky
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Coalburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Coalburg is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
      • Former name for Coalburg:
      • Coalburgh

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wyatt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wyatt.

Newspapers Published in Wyatt ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wyatt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wyatt, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wyatt.

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 Wyatt:

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 Wyatt, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wyatt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.