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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 Barlow 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 Barlow 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 Barlow 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Barlow Landing: Barlow Lndg. (or less commonly used: Barlow Lndng.)

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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Barlow Landing is located in Baldwin 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 Baldwin County: Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington & Escambia (FL).

Below are the counties that are near Barlow Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barlow Landing:

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Barlow Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow Landing, with the one closest to Barlow Landing listed first.
    • Stockton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bay Minette
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Latham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Latham is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Whitehouse Forks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
    • Perdido
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Phillipsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
    • Tensaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
    • Bromley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
    • Stapleton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Blacksher
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
    • Spanish Fort
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Park City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Clarke County
  • Escambia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow Landing, with the one closest to Barlow Landing listed first.
    • Atmore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Huxford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Huxford is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
  • Mobile County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow Landing, with the one closest to Barlow Landing listed first.
    • Creola
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Creola is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
    • Axis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Axis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
    • Barry Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Barry Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
    • Bucks
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Chastang
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Chastang is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
    • Movico
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Movico is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Movico
    • Mount Vernon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Satsuma
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Calvert
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Saraland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Chickasaw
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chunchula
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Chunchula is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunchula
  • Monroe County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow Landing, with the one closest to Barlow Landing listed first.
    • Fairford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
    • Malcolm
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Malcolm is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
    • McIntosh
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sims Chapel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
    • Hawthorn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Hawthorn is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorn
    • Sunflower
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Sunflower is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
  • Escambia County (FL)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barlow Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Barlow Landing.

Cemeteries Near Barlow Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barlow 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 Barlow Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barlow Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barlow Landing, with the one closest to Barlow Landing listed first.

  • Stockton Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Richerson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Richerson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lancaster Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Smiths Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Dean Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Little St. Louis Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Stanmyer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bay Minette Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cain Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Douglasville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (204 more) ...
    • Seymour Bluff Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Creola Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gentry Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

While we didn't find Barlow Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barlow Landing.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Barlow Landing, with the one closest to Barlow Landing listed first.

  • Stockton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • D'Olive
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • D'Olive is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Olive
  • Bay Minette
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Creola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Creola is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
  • Carney
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Carney is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
  • Latham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Latham is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
  • Chastang
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Chastang is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
  • Mount Vernon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Perdido
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Tensaw
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
  • Bromley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
  • Calvert
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Fairford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
    • Oak Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Oak Grove is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Kushla
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Kushla is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kushla

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barlow Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barlow Landing.

Newspapers Published in Barlow 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 148 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barlow Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barlow Landing, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barlow 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 Barlow Landing:

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>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 Barlow Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barlow Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.