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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 Caswell (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 Caswell. 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 and hospitals 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.

Caswell 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 Caswell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Caswell:

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Caswell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caswell, with the one closest to Caswell listed first.
    • Orange Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Perdido Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Perdido Beach is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdido Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
    • Elberta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gulf Shores
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lillian
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lillian is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
    • Foley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Foley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,446 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foley <1>
    • Bon Secour
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Oyster Bay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Oyster Bay is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay
    • Seminole
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Seminole is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
    • Magnolia Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gasque
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Yupon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Yupon is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yupon
  • Escambia County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caswell, with the one closest to Caswell listed first.
    • Gulf Beach ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Gulf Beach is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach
    • Gulf Beach Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Gulf Beach Heights is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach Heights
    • Perdido Key
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sand Cut ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sand Cut is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
    • Warrington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Warrington is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
    • Myrtle Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Myrtle Grove is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
    • Bellview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bellview is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
    • West Pensacola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • West Pensacola is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pensacola
    • Sanders Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanders Beach is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Beach
    • Tristan Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tristan Village is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristan Village
    • Brent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Brent is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
    • Goulding
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Goulding is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
    • Pensacola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pensacola is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,142 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pensacola <1>
  • Santa Rosa County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caswell, with the one closest to Caswell listed first.
    • Gulf Breeze
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Pace
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Caswell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caswell.

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

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

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

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.<4>

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

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

  • Josephine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Josephine is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
  • Perdido Key
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Swift
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Swift is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Bon Secour
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Millview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Millview is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
  • Magnolia Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Warrington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Warrington is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
  • Gasque
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Marlow
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
  • Pensacola
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pensacola is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,142 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pensacola <1>
  • Goulding
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Goulding is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
  • Brent
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brent is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Olive
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Olive is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
    • Muscogee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
    • Rosinton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton

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

Newspapers Published in Caswell ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Caswell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caswell, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Caswell.

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 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 Caswell:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Caswell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Caswell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.