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 Cottage Hill Estates (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 Cottage Hill Estates. 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 Cottage Hill Estates ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Cottagehill Estates.
- A typical abbreviation for Cottage Hill Estates: Cottage Hill Ests.
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 southwest 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 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.
Cottage Hill Estates 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 Cottage Hill Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cottage Hill Estates:
- Mobile County (The home county of Cottage Hill Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill Estates, with the one closest to Cottage Hill Estates listed first.
- Country Club Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
- Tillmans Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
- Theodore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Semmes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Irvington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Elmo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Mobile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eight Mile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prichard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
- Grand Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saraland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill Estates, with the one closest to Cottage Hill Estates listed first.
- Park City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Park City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Spanish Fort
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Daphne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairhope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Point Clear
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bromley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- Stapleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse Forks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
- Clay City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Loxley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Silverhill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- George County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill Estates, with the one closest to Cottage Hill Estates listed first.
- Howell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howell is located in George County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Agricola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lucedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill Estates, with the one closest to Cottage Hill Estates listed first.
- Big Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Big Point is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
- Hurley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Helena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Orange Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Wade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wade is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Coll Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coll Town is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
- Americus ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Americus is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Escatawpa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Moss Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brewton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brewton is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
- Brewton has also been known as:
- Brewer's Bluff
- Eastside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eastside is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastside
- Hickory Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Martin Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Cottage Hill Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Cottage Hill Estates.
Cemeteries Near Cottage Hill Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cottage Hill Estates.
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 Cottage Hill Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cottage Hill Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cottage Hill Estates, with the one closest to Cottage Hill Estates listed first.
- Noel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dawes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Edwards Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- University Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Crest West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Creek Cemetery West
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mobile Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile Memorial Gardens
- The Mobile Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Mobile Memorial Cemetery
- Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24477 <2>
- Little Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morning Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pierce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Cottage Hill Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cottage Hill Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cottage Hill Estates, with the one closest to Cottage Hill Estates listed first.
- Spring Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Theodore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cox is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Saint Elmo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Mobile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Prichard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whistler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whistler is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
- Fernland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fernland is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
- Plateau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plateau is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Fowl River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fowl River is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
- Kushla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kushla is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kushla
- Grand Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bayou La Batre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mon Louis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cottage Hill Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cottage Hill Estates.
Newspapers Published in Cottage Hill Estates ...
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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cottage Hill Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cottage Hill Estates, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cottage Hill Estates.
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 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 Cottage Hill Estates:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Mobile County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- George County
- Jackson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
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> | 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 Cottage Hill Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Cottage Hill Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |