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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 Daphne (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 Daphne. 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.

Daphne is located in Baldwin County and is the County Seat.

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

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Daphne)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daphne, with the one closest to Daphne listed first.
    • Park City
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Spanish Fort
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Montrose
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Loxley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bromley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
    • Fairhope
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Stapleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Point Clear
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Silverhill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Clay City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
    • Robertsdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marlow
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
  • Mobile County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daphne, with the one closest to Daphne listed first.
    • Mobile
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Chickasaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Prichard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Eight Mile
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellefontaine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
    • Country Club Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
    • Tillmans Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
    • Theodore
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Saraland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Satsuma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Mon Louis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
    • Creola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Creola is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
  • Escambia County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daphne, with the one closest to Daphne listed first.
    • Barrineau Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
    • Walnut Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Muscogee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee

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

Cemeteries Near Daphne ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Daphne.

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

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

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

  • D'Olive Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Christ the King Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Malbis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Aid Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Montrose Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Belforest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Silbley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Friends Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Blakeley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fairhope Colony Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (173 more) ...
    • Bromley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Saluda Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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 Daphne had a population of 549 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Daphne had a population of 27,719 people.

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

  • Montrose
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bromley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
  • Point Clear
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mobile
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosinton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
  • Cox
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cox is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
  • Marlow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
  • Plateau
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Plateau is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Prichard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Whistler
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Whistler is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
  • Spring Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Spring Hill is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Theodore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Magnolia Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • D'Olive
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • D'Olive is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Olive
    • Mon Louis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Daphne ...

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 Daphne.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Daphne. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Daphne and those printed in the larger area surrounding Daphne.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of Daphne.

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 Daphne:

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