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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 Cloverdale (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 Cloverdale. 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 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.

Cloverdale is located in Mobile 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 Mobile County: Baldwin, Washington, George (MS), Greene (MS) & Jackson (MS).

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

  • Mobile County     (The home county of Cloverdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
    • Grand Bay
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Elmo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
    • Irvington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bayou La Batre
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Coden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Theodore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Tillmans Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
    • Bellefontaine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
    • Mon Louis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
    • Country Club Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
    • Alabama Port
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Alabama Port is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Port
    • Semmes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Baldwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
    • Fairhope
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Point Clear
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Fort Morgan ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Montrose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Park City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Spanish Fort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • George County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
    • Howell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Howell is located in George County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Agricola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Harrison County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
    • Biloxi
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Biloxi is located in Harrison County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biloxi <1>
    • D'Iberville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Jackson County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloverdale, with the one closest to Cloverdale listed first.
    • Orange Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Grove is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
    • Helena
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Helena is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Big Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Point is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
    • Moss Point
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Coll Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Coll Town is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
    • Escatawpa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Escatawpa is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
    • Hurley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastside
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Eastside is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastside
    • Pascagoula
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wade
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wade is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
    • Hickory Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
    • Martin Bluff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff

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

Cemeteries Near Cloverdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cloverdale.

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

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

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

  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Dees Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Forts Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand Bay Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kivisto Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Piner McGrew Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Tates Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Union Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Orange Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Beverly Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (192 more) ...

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 Cloverdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cloverdale.

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

  • Grand Bay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fernland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fernland is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
  • Orange Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange Grove is located in Jackson County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
  • Saint Elmo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
  • Moss Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bayou La Batre
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Escatawpa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Escatawpa is located in Jackson County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
  • Three Rivers
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Three Rivers is located in Jackson County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
  • Coden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pascagoula
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fowl River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Fowl River is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
  • Theodore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mon Louis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
    • Vancleave
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Americus ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Americus is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus

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

Newspapers Published in Cloverdale ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cloverdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cloverdale, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cloverdale.

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 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 Cloverdale:

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