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 York Mountain (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 York Mountain. 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 York Mountain ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for York Mountain: York Mtn. (or less commonly used: York Mntn.)
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 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.
York Mountain 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 York Mountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to York Mountain:
- Walker County (The home county of York Mountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from York Mountain, with the one closest to York Mountain listed first.
- Creel
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Empire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
- Sumiton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sumiton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
- Former names for Sumiton:
- Commercial
- Democrat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <1>
- Sipsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sipsey is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Burnwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Dora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakahalla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Powellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powellville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Wyatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Yerkwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Quinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Mountain, with the one closest to York Mountain listed first.
- Red Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Warrior
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Reid's
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Smoke Rise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Blount Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- County Line
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Hayden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Selfville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Bangor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bangor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Dallas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Adville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Compton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Mountain, with the one closest to York Mountain listed first.
- Arkadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Colony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- The Colony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Black Bottom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Damascus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Bremen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ardell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ardell is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
- Dodge City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dodge City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Garden City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Trimble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Trimble is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Crane Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Mountain, with the one closest to York Mountain listed first.
- Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Robbins Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Sayre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sayre is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Kimberly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Graysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Media
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Media is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Media
- Alden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Alden is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Cardiff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cardiff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Mount Olive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Majestic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Brookside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brookside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Mountain, with the one closest to York Mountain listed first.
- Argo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Springville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Margaret
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Turnbough Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Acmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Parsons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Moody
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Mountain, with the one closest to York Mountain listed first.
- Bridgeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Lake Purdy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Mountain, with the one closest to York Mountain listed first.
- Arley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Falls City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Falls City is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Slick Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slick Ford is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Ford
- Houston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Addison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to York Mountain, see our County-by-County Page for York Mountain.
Cemeteries Near York Mountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of York Mountain.
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 York Mountain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for York Mountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from York Mountain, with the one closest to York Mountain listed first.
- Little Vine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Vine Cemetery
- The Little Vine Cemetery has also been known as:
- Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160589 <2>
- New Canaan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Empire Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Empire Memorial Cemetery is located in Empire.
- The Empire Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Empire Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1442863 <2>
- Harmony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Horizon Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Good Hope Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brewer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Phillips Freewill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lawler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Narl Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cain Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (375 more) ...
- Arkadelphia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mauldin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burton Bend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 York Mountain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of York Mountain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from York Mountain, with the one closest to York Mountain listed first.
- Sloan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sloan is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Robbins Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Arkadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Warrior
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Reid's
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Dora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linn Crossing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Crossing
- Morris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Coaldale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Coaldale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Linton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Linton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Powellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powellville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Cardiff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cardiff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Blossburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blossburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
- Brookside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brookside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Blount Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around York Mountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around York Mountain.
Newspapers Published in York Mountain ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around York Mountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of York Mountain, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for York Mountain.
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 professional and volunteer 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 York Mountain:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Walker County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Winston 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> | 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 York Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- York Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |