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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 D'Olive (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 D'Olive. 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.

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

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of D'Olive)
    • The following are listed by their distance from D'Olive, with the one closest to D'Olive listed first.
    • Bay Minette
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Whitehouse Forks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
    • Stapleton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Phillipsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
    • Stockton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bromley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
    • Perdido
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Latham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Latham is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Spanish Fort
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Daphne
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Loxley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Park City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Escambia County
    • Atmore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mobile County
    • The following are listed by their distance from D'Olive, with the one closest to D'Olive listed first.
    • Creola
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Creola is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
    • Axis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Axis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
    • Satsuma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Barry Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Barry Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
    • Bucks
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chastang
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Chastang is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
    • Chickasaw
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Saraland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Mount Vernon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Movico
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Movico is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Movico
    • Mobile
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Prichard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from D'Olive, with the one closest to D'Olive listed first.
    • Malcolm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Malcolm is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
    • Fairford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
    • McIntosh
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Escambia County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from D'Olive, with the one closest to D'Olive listed first.
    • Walnut Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Barrineau Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
    • Pine Barren
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Pine Barren is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
    • Byrneville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Byrneville is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrneville
    • McDavid
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • McDavid is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid
    • Muscogee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
    • Molino
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near D'Olive ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of D'Olive.

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 D'Olive - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Douglasville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Stanmyer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bay Minette Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cain Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stapleton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Westview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dean Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Stockton Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilkins Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (195 more) ...
    • High Pine Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Dean Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bromley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, D'Olive had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Bay Minette
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Carney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Carney is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
  • Stockton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bromley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
  • Creola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Creola is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
  • Perdido
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Latham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Latham is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
  • Gateswood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gateswood is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateswood
  • Daphne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Chastang
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chastang is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
  • Plateau
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Plateau is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Rosinton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Tensaw
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
    • Whistler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Whistler is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
    • Prichard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in D'Olive ...

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 148 newspapers that have been published in the area around D'Olive.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of D'Olive, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for D'Olive.

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 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 D'Olive:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- D'Olive) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 D'Olive, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.