Alabama Gazetteers

National gazetteers, postal guides, and Alabama county histories list the names of places, such as towns and rivers. Three other sources of geographical information include:

Berney, Saffold. Handbook of Alabama: A Complete Index to the State, With Map. Second Edition, Revised. Birmingham, Alabama: Roberts and Son, 1892. (FHL book 976.1 E6b; film 908968 item 8.) This has historical information about the state, its counties, and major cities. Pages 66–76 list the counties and the precincts. The handbook also contains information about Alabama courts on pages 93–98 and 540–547. Coal mines are listed on page 473, and cotton mills are listed on pages 487–490.

Foscue, Virginia O. Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1989. (FHL book 976.1 E2f.) This book contains historical and geographical information about counties, cities, towns, settlements, rivers, creeks, lakes, and mountains.

Harris, W. Stuart. Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1977. (FHL book 976.1 E2h.) This contains alphabetical lists of towns, forts, and Indian towns and villages and their location. It is indexed.

Gazetteers are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- GAZETTEERS