· August 7, 2026
Hayden
A west Blount County town, originally settled as early as the 1820s and known as Rockland. Renamed Hayden in 1914, […]
Glossary Type: Place
· August 7, 2026
Blount Springs
A resort community built around real mineral springs, drawing visitors for their supposed health properties from the early 1800s onward. […]
· August 7, 2026
Smoke Rise
A planned residential subdivision in Blount County, developed starting in 1968 on the east side of I-65 - close enough […]
· August 7, 2026
Reid’s Gap
An L&N Railroad depot on the South & North Alabama Railroad line, in the hills of southern Blount County. The […]
· August 7, 2026
Johnson Gap
Sits just west of Rickwood Caverns State Park, along Rickwood Caverns Rd near its junction with Brewer Ln. Labeled on […]
· August 7, 2026
Danzler
A real Blount County community, confirmed via its own post office, open 1902-1906, in the southwestern part of the county […]
· August 7, 2026
Selfville
A real Blount County place name, with its own post office open 1889-1916, named directly for Vincent Garner Self Sr. […]
· August 7, 2026
Unnamed Cemetery (Smoke Rise)
A real burial ground in Smoke Rise with no established name or documented location, confirmed by the source record itself, […]
· August 7, 2026
Sugar Creek Cemetery
A small, tight family cluster reading as one family: Hardin Dutton (1813-1885) and Susanah Elliot Dutton (1819-1900), with their likely […]
· August 7, 2026
Sulphur Spring Cemetery (Hayden)
Sits squarely in Hayden itself, core West Blount coverage area. Its oldest confirmed burial is James Lee Boyd Sr. (1801-1882), […]