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 Backers Landing (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 Backers Landing. 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 Backers Landing ...
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 have occurred.
- A typical abbreviation for Backers Landing: Backers Lndg. (or less commonly used: Backers Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Backers Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Backers Landing may originally have been Backer's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Backers Landing might be written as Backer Landing.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Backers Landing is located in Monroe County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia & Wilcox.
Below are the counties that are near Backers Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Backers Landing:
- Monroe County (The home county of Backers Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Backers Landing, with the one closest to Backers Landing listed first.
- Hybart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hybart
- Hybart is located in Monroe County
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Vredenburgh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vredenburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vredenburgh
- Vredenburgh is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Scratch Ankle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scratch Ankle
- Scratch Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Finchburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Monroe County
- Lovan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Natchez
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Beatrice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatrice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatrice
- Beatrice is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beatrice <4>
- Pineville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Tunnel Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Springs
- Tunnel Springs is located in Monroe County
- Former name for Tunnel Springs:
- Kempsville
- Peterman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterman
- Peterman is located in Monroe County
- Perdue Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue Hill
- Perdue Hill is located in Monroe County
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Backers Landing, with the one closest to Backers Landing listed first.
- Nettleboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nettleboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleboro
- Nettleboro is located in Clarke County
- Dickinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Fulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Atkeison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkeison
- Atkeison is located in Clarke County
- Thomasville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Thomasville is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomasville <4>
- Whatley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whatley
- Whatley is located in Clarke County
- Suggsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suggsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suggsville
- Suggsville is located in Clarke County
- Grove Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Grove Hill is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,709 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove Hill <4>
- Glover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Zimco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Barlow Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barlow Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
- Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
- Walker Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Springs
- Walker Springs is located in Clarke County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walker Springs <4>
- Toddtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
- Toddtown is located in Clarke County
- Conecuh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Backers Landing, with the one closest to Backers Landing listed first.
- Ramah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah
- Ramah is located in Conecuh County
- Bermuda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Bermuda is located in Conecuh County
- Commerce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Mixonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixonville
- Mixonville is located in Conecuh County
- Repton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
- Repton is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Repton <4>
- Dallas County
- Crumptonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crumptonia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumptonia
- Crumptonia is located in Dallas County
- Crumptonia
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Backers Landing, with the one closest to Backers Landing listed first.
- Vineland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Ellison ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Dixon's Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon's Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon's Mills
- Dixon's Mills is located in Marengo County
- Magnolia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Marengo County
- Wilcox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Backers Landing, with the one closest to Backers Landing listed first.
- Asahel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asahel
- Asahel is located in Wilcox County
- Coy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Lower Peach Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peach Tree
- Lower Peach Tree is located in Wilcox County
- Nellie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Yellow Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff
- Yellow Bluff is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Pine Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Camden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Camden is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <4>
- Kimbrough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Anne Manie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anne Manie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anne Manie
- Anne Manie is located in Wilcox County
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Wilcox County
- McWilliams
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McWilliams have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- McWilliams is located in Wilcox County
- Millers Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
- Millers Ferry is located in Wilcox County
- Boykin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
- Boykin is located in Wilcox County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Backers Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Backers Landing.
Newspapers Published in Backers Landing ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Backers Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Backers Landing, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Backers Landing.
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 Backers Landing:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Conecuh County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dallas County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marengo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wilcox County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
Cemeteries Near Backers Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Backers Landing.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Backers Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Backers Landing, with the one closest to Backers Landing listed first.
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Powell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Powell Cemetery
- Tinela Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tinela Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tinela Cemetery
- New Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Providence Cemetery
- Hybart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hybart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hybart Cemetery
- Pine Flat Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Flat Cemetery
- Kennedy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kennedy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kennedy Cemetery
- McCarty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCarty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCarty Cemetery
- Tait Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tait Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tait Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26580 <6>
- McPherson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McPherson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McPherson Cemetery
- Tait Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tait Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tait Cemetery
- Lower Peach Tree Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Peach Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Peach Tree Cemetery
- St. Peter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- York Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the York Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the York Cemetery
- Dees Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dees Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dees Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wright Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wright Cemetery
- York Cemetery
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.<7>
While we didn't find Backers Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Backers Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Backers Landing, with the one closest to Backers Landing listed first.
- Tinela
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Coy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Lower Peach Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peach Tree
- Lower Peach Tree is located in Wilcox County
- Nellie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Culpeper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - River Ridge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge
- River Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Yellow Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff
- Yellow Bluff is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Finchburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Vashti
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Lovan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Monroe County
- Natchez
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chestnut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Fatama
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Pine Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Backers Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Backers Landing.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Backers Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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- Backers Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Backers Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8085, Longitude: -87.4578 In this case, the coordinates for Backers Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Backers Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |