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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 Brewton (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 Brewton. 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.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Brewton is located in Escambia County and is the County Seat.

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 Escambia County: Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Monroe, Escambia (FL), Okaloosa (FL) & Santa Rosa (FL).

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

  • Escambia County     (The home county of Brewton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewton, with the one closest to Brewton listed first.
    • East Brewton
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Riverview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Riverview is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
    • Pollard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pollard is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Hammac
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Roberts
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Roberts is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Flomaton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bradley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bradley is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
    • Huxford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Atmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Conecuh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewton, with the one closest to Brewton listed first.
    • Castleberry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Johnsonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Nymph
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lenox
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Range
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparta ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jay Villa ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Brooklyn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Brooklyn is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • Belleville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Belleville is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
    • Evergreen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Centerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerville is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Repton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Covington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewton, with the one closest to Brewton listed first.
    • Falco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Wing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Monroe County
  • Escambia County (FL)
  • Okaloosa County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewton, with the one closest to Brewton listed first.
    • Otahite ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Cannon Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cannon Town is located in Okaloosa County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Town
  • Santa Rosa County (FL)

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

Cemeteries Near Brewton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brewton.

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 Brewton - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ft. Crawford Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Baptist Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Travis Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Travis Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Weaver Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Catawba Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Acres Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Odom Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (174 more) ...
    • Travis Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Weaver Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Brantley Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Brewton had a population of 1,115 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Brewton had a population of 5,141 people.

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

  • Kirkland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kirkland is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Pollard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pollard is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Hammac
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Roberts
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Roberts is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
  • Boykin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Boykin is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
  • Wallace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wallace is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
  • Flomaton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Castleberry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Berrydale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Berrydale is located in Santa Rosa County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrydale
  • Bluff Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluff Springs is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
  • Range
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sparta ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Jay Villa ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Brooklyn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Brooklyn is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • McDavid
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • McDavid is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Brewton ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brewton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Brewton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Brewton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Brewton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Brewton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Brewton:

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 Brewton, 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- Brewton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.