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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 Crestview (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 Crestview. 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 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.

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

  • Mobile County     (The home county of Crestview)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crestview, with the one closest to Crestview listed first.
    • Tillmans Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
    • Country Club Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
    • Theodore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mobile
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eight Mile
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Prichard
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bellefontaine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
    • Irvington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Elmo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
    • Chickasaw
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Semmes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mon Louis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
    • Saraland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Baldwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crestview, with the one closest to Crestview listed first.
    • Park City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Spanish Fort
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Daphne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Montrose
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Fairhope
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Point Clear
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bromley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
    • Stapleton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Clay City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Clay City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
    • Loxley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Whitehouse Forks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
    • Marlow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Silverhill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • George County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crestview, with the one closest to Crestview listed first.
    • Howell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Howell is located in George County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Agricola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jackson County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crestview, with the one closest to Crestview listed first.
    • Big Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Big Point is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
    • Hurley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Helena
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Helena is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Orange Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Grove is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
    • Coll Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Coll Town is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
    • Wade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Wade is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
    • Escatawpa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Escatawpa is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
    • Moss Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Americus ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Americus is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
    • Eastside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Eastside is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastside
    • Pascagoula
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brewton ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 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

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

Cemeteries Near Crestview ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crestview.

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

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

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

  • Little Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Morning Star Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mobile Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Noel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Casher Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pine Crest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Crest Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Mobile.
    • The Pine Crest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pinecrest Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #658999 <2>
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Magnolia Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Edwards Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lartigue Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (205 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.<3>

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

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

  • Cox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cox is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
  • Theodore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Spring Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Mobile
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Plateau
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Plateau is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Prichard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Whistler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Whistler is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
  • Saint Elmo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
  • Fowl River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Fowl River is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
  • Fernland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fernland is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
  • Mon Louis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
  • Kushla
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Kushla is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kushla
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Grand Bay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou La Batre
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Montrose
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Crestview ...

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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crestview.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crestview, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crestview.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Crestview:

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 Crestview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Crestview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.