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 Alabama Port (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 Alabama Port. 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 Alabama Port ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Alabama Port: Alabama Prt.
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 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.
Alabama Port is located in Mobile County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mobile County: Baldwin, Washington, George (MS), Greene (MS) & Jackson (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Alabama Port. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alabama Port:
- Mobile County (The home county of Alabama Port)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alabama Port, with the one closest to Alabama Port listed first.
- Mon Louis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Dauphin Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dauphin Island is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dauphin Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
- Coden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bellefontaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
- Fort Gaines ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Gaines is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gaines
- Bayou La Batre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Irvington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elmo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Theodore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Grand Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tillmans Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
- Country Club Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
- Mobile
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alabama Port, with the one closest to Alabama Port listed first.
- Fort Morgan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Point Clear
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairhope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yupon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Yupon is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yupon
- Marlow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Montrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gasque
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clay City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Oyster Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oyster Bay is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay
- Daphne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Park City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Bon Secour
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jackson County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alabama Port, with the one closest to Alabama Port listed first.
- Orange Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Eastside
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eastside is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastside
- Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Moss Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pascagoula
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Big Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Point is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
- Escatawpa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Coll Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coll Town is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
- Hurley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alabama Port, see our County-by-County Page for Alabama Port.
Cemeteries Near Alabama Port ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alabama Port.
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 Alabama Port - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alabama Port covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alabama Port, with the one closest to Alabama Port listed first.
- Alabama Port Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Reeds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dorlon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- English Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dauphin Island Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dauphin Island Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lundy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boudans Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boudans Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boudans Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Bellefontaine
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- Mathis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mathis Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Bellefontaine
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Alabama Port in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Alabama Port.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alabama Port, with the one closest to Alabama Port listed first.
- Mon Louis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Fowl River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fowl River is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
- Coden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bayou La Batre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Elmo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Theodore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Point Clear
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fernland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fernland is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
- Grand Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gasque
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Montrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cox
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cox is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Magnolia Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Orange Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alabama Port. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alabama Port.
Newspapers Published in Alabama Port ...
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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alabama Port.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alabama Port, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alabama Port.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Alabama Port:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Mobile County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Jackson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
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 Alabama Port, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alabama Port) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |