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 Baileys 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 Baileys 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 Baileys 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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Baileys Landing: Baileys Lndg. (or less commonly used: Baileys Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Baileys Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Baileys Landing may originally have been Bailey's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Baileys Landing might be written as Bailey Landing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Baileys Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Baileys 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Baileys Landing is located in Clarke 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 Clarke County: Baldwin, Choctaw, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Washington & Wilcox.
Below are the counties that are near Baileys Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baileys Landing:
- Clarke County (The home county of Baileys Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Coffeeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Salitpa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Winn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Winn is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- West Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Toddtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Toddtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
- Zimco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- Stave Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek
- Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Grove Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Walker Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fulton is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Bladon Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bladon Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladon Springs
- Cullomburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cullomburg is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullomburg
- Womack Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Silas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bolinger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bolinger is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolinger
- Souwilpa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Souwilpa is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souwilpa
- Gilbertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Toxey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Toxey is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Emory
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Emory is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Isney
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Isney is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isney
- Needham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Needham is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Okatuppa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Okatuppa is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okatuppa
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Putnam
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Nanafalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Frankville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Bigbee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Saint Stephen's
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leroy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Hobson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hobson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
- Millry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bassetts Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bassetts Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassetts Creek
- Healing Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Wagarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Barlow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Prestwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prestwick is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwick
- Chatom
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County (MS)
- State Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Wayne County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Robinsons Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Robinsons Junction is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Junction
- Chicora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chicora is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicora
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baileys Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Baileys Landing.
Cemeteries Near Baileys Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baileys 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.
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 Baileys Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baileys Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Overstreet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jordan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Frankville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grenade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thornton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Griffin Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kiels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coffeeville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Three Forks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Baileys Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baileys Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Frankville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Salitpa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Coffeeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bigbee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Saint Stephen's
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Winn is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Koenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Koenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenton
- West Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Rescueville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rescueville is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescueville
- McEntyre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McEntyre is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEntyre
- Womack Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Millry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Healing Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cunningham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cunningham is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baileys Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baileys Landing.
Newspapers Published in Baileys 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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baileys Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baileys Landing, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baileys Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Baileys Landing:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Clarke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Marengo County
- Washington County
- Greene County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Baileys Landing, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baileys Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |