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 Alpine (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 Alpine. 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 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.
Alpine is located in Chattooga County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chattooga County: Cherokee (AL), DeKalb (AL), Floyd & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Alpine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alpine:
- Chattooga County (The home county of Alpine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Menlo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cloudland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Berryton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Lyerly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Summerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chattoogaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Pennville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Trion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zula ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Rising Fawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stewart Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Trenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Coosa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Armuchee
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Floyd Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Glenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Mount Berry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Robealou Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Summerville Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Rome
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Plainville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hill City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Calhoun Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Martindale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martindale is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Bronco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bronco is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- LaFayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Cassandra
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cassandra is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Kensington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Villanow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Villanow is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanow
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,058 people
- Durham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Durham is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,257 people
- Thompsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,528 people
- Rock Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chickamauga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Whitfield County
- Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Grover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- New Moon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Broomtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Ringgold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Blanche
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Taft
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Gaylesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Lawrence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Bankhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Mentone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Head
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hammondville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hammondville is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammondville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Adamsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Kaolin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kaolin is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin
- Douglas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Fort Payne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lickskillet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Central
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Central is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Flat Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Rock City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Higdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gray ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Eliza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eliza is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Ferncliff ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ferncliff is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Section
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bellefonte ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefonte is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alpine, see our County-by-County Page for Alpine.
Cemeteries Near Alpine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alpine.
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 Alpine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alpine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Ami Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Menlo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Alexander Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Berea Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Broomtown (AL)
- The Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
- Pleasant Green Church Memorial Monument
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gamble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (436 more) ...
- Mosely Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyerly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Alpine had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alpine, with the one closest to Alpine listed first.
- Chesterfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chesterfield is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Menlo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- New Moon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Chelsea
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Broomtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Lyerly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Ringgold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chattoogaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Bankhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Summerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alpine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alpine.
Newspapers Published in Alpine ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alpine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alpine, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alpine.
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 helpful 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 Alpine:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Chattooga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dade County
- Floyd County
- Gordon County
- Walker County
- Whitfield County
- Cherokee County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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 Alpine, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alpine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |