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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 Clay City (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 Clay City. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Clay City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clay City, with the one closest to Clay City listed first.
    • Marlow
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Silverhill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Yupon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Yupon is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yupon
    • Summerdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fairhope
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Magnolia Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Point Clear
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Robertsdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Montrose
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Foley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Loxley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Daphne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bon Secour
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Mobile County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clay City, with the one closest to Clay City listed first.
    • Bellefontaine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
    • Mon Louis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
    • Mobile
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Alabama Port
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Alabama Port is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Port
    • Fort Gaines ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Gaines is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gaines
    • Theodore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Tillmans Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
    • Prichard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dauphin Island
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Chickasaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Country Club Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
    • Irvington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Coden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Escambia County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clay City, with the one closest to Clay City listed first.
    • Gulf Beach Heights
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulf Beach Heights is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach Heights
    • Muscogee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
    • Gulf Beach ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulf Beach is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach
    • Perdido Key
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Barrineau Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
    • Cantonment
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Sand Cut ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Sand Cut is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
    • Bellview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Bellview is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
    • Myrtle Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Myrtle Grove is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove

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

Cemeteries Near Clay City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clay City.

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 Clay City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Timney South River Park Community Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Friends Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairhope Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Brook Cedron Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Silverhill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Rest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairhope Colony Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Twin Beach Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Confederate Rest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Belforest Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Summerdale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Montrose Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (139 more) ...
    • Christ the King Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Baldwin Memorial Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hall Memorial Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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 Clay City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clay City.

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

  • Marlow
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
  • Magnolia Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Point Clear
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Montrose
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Daphne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosinton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
  • Bon Secour
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Swift
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Swift is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Gasque
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bromley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
  • Mon Louis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
  • Josephine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Josephine is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cox
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Cox is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
    • Mobile
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gateswood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Gateswood is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateswood

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

Newspapers Published in Clay City ...

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 Clay City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clay City, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clay City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Clay City:

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