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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 Ellisville (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 Ellisville. 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.

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

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Ellisville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellisville, with the one closest to Ellisville listed first.
    • Loxley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Daphne
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Silverhill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stapleton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Spanish Fort
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Robertsdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Montrose
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Park City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Bromley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
    • Clay City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Clay City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
    • Fairhope
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marlow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Summerdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mobile County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellisville, with the one closest to Ellisville listed first.
    • Mobile
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Chickasaw
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Prichard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Eight Mile
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellefontaine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
    • Creola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Creola is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
    • Saraland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Satsuma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mon Louis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
    • Country Club Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
    • Tillmans Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
    • Theodore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Axis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Axis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
  • Escambia County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellisville, with the one closest to Ellisville listed first.
    • Barrineau Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
    • Muscogee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
    • Walnut Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cantonment
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Pine Barren
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Pine Barren is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
    • Quintette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Quintette is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
    • Gonzalez
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Gonzalez is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
    • Molino
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Bellview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Bellview is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
    • Gulf Beach Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulf Beach Heights is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach Heights

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

Cemeteries Near Ellisville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellisville.

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

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

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Belforest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Malbis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Christ the King Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Silverhill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Aid Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Coopers Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dyes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Silbley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Montrose Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Friends Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (169 more) ...
    • Baldwin Memorial Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hall Memorial Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • D'Olive Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Rosinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
  • Daphne
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Montrose
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bromley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
  • Marlow
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
  • Point Clear
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gateswood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gateswood is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateswood
  • Magnolia Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Mobile
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • D'Olive
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • D'Olive is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Olive
  • Bay Minette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Plateau
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Plateau is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Cox
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Cox is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
    • Prichard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Swift
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Swift is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift

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

Newspapers Published in Ellisville ...

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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellisville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellisville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ellisville.

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 Ellisville:

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 Ellisville, 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 from Point A (ie- Ellisville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.