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 Battles Wharf (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 Battles Wharf. 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 Battles Wharf ...
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.
While the name of this community is Battles Wharf, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Battles Wharf may originally have been Battle's Wharf.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Battles Wharf might be written as Battle Wharf.
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 hospitals 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.
Battles Wharf 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 Battles Wharf. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Battles Wharf:
- Baldwin County (The home county of Battles Wharf)
- The following are listed by their distance from Battles Wharf, with the one closest to Battles Wharf listed first.
- Point Clear
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairhope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clay City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Marlow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Yupon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yupon is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yupon
- Daphne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Park City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Park City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Silverhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Fort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Loxley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mobile County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battles Wharf, with the one closest to Battles Wharf listed first.
- Bellefontaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
- Mon Louis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Alabama Port
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama Port is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Port
- Mobile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tillmans Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
- Theodore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Irvington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Country Club Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
- Prichard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dauphin Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dauphin Island is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dauphin Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
- Fort Gaines ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Gaines is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gaines
- Saint Elmo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Battles Wharf, see our County-by-County Page for Battles Wharf.
Cemeteries Near Battles Wharf ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Battles Wharf.
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 Battles Wharf - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Battles Wharf covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Battles Wharf, with the one closest to Battles Wharf listed first.
- Twin Beach Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Confederate Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fairhope Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairhope Colony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brook Cedron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Timney South River Park Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belforest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Christ the King Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- D'Olive Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Silverhill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Boudans Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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
- Mathis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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
- Malbis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 Battles Wharf in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Battles Wharf.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Battles Wharf, with the one closest to Battles Wharf listed first.
- Point Clear
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Montrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marlow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Daphne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mon Louis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Magnolia Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cox is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Fowl River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fowl River is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
- Mobile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Theodore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rosinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
- Bon Secour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bromley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- Gasque
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Plateau
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plateau is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Battles Wharf. See our List of 1890's Communities around Battles Wharf.
Newspapers Published in Battles Wharf ...
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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around Battles Wharf.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Battles Wharf, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Battles Wharf.
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 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 Battles Wharf:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Baldwin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Battles Wharf, 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 from Point A (ie- Battles Wharf) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |