I am not aware of any census districts called Mud Creek or Woods Station in 1870 in Jefferson Co AL -- But in the 1850 Jefferson Co AL census, both "Mud Creek Beat" and "Woods Beat" were used. I have ancestors who lived in both districts, both of them Franklins. When I don't know which area the census district is in, I cross reference with the BLM GLO records. I pick out neighbors and look them up to see where they bought land. Then I find the Township/Range/Section location on a State DOT map for that county. Mud Creek is in the far southwestern part of Jefferson County -- you can find Mud Creek running through that area, close to the Black Warrior River. Look for Oak Grove, Rock Creek, Mud Creek -- My Gggrandfather, a son of the Franklins in Mud Creek area, Greenberry Franklin, is in the Woods Beat census in 1850 -- He purchased land and in 1850 was living in what is now Irondale -- where Montevalo Rd crosses I20 - as best I can tell. Some of the folks visited by the census taker on same day, and listed on same page, also entered land in same area with the gov't. You can get a listing of the post offices for 1851 & 1870 at the "Making of America" site at U of Mich: http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/ Carolyn M linka@bellsouth.net http://expert.cc.purdue.edu/~chrism/family -----Original Message----- From: deonrs@micron.net [mailto:deonrs@micron.net] Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 5:30 PM To: ALJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Mid Creek Beat, Wood's Station, deonrs@micron.net wrote: > Angela Markwalter wrote: > > > Does anyone know where the Mid Creek Beat was during the 1870 Federal > > Census? Or Wood's Station? I would appreciate any info or references on > > these locations. > > > > This may seem like a stupid question; however, how does one correlate the > > census site with the actual residence of the ancestor? > > > > Thanks, > > Angela > > Try this: http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > > Type in the feature and possible location. It will pull up what you need, > most times. PS. It might be Mud Creek