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 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Ellisville is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Greene (MS) & Wayne (MS).
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:
- Washington County (The home county of Ellisville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellisville, with the one closest to Ellisville listed first.
- Bigbee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Hobson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
- Hobson is located in Washington County
- Chatom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barlow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Frankville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Millry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millry
- Millry is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millry <1>
- Saint Stephen's
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Healing Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Healing Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Mehaffey ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehaffey
- Mehaffey is located in Washington County
- Tibbie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tibbie
- Tibbie is located in Washington County
- Bassetts Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bassetts Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassetts Creek
- Bassetts Creek is located in Washington County
- Copeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copeland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Copeland is located in Washington County
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellisville, with the one closest to Ellisville listed first.
- Bladon Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bladon Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladon Springs
- Bladon Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Cullomburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullomburg
- Cullomburg is located in Choctaw County
- Aquilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aquilla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Aquilla is located in Choctaw County
- Silas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silas
- Silas is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silas <1>
- Bolinger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolinger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolinger
- Bolinger is located in Choctaw County
- Souwilpa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Souwilpa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souwilpa
- Souwilpa is located in Choctaw County
- Womack Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Womack Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Isney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Isney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isney
- Isney is located in Choctaw County
- Gilbertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Emory
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Emory. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Emory is located in Choctaw County
- Toxey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toxey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
- Toxey is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Okatuppa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Okatuppa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okatuppa
- Okatuppa is located in Choctaw County
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellisville, with the one closest to Ellisville listed first.
- Salitpa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fakit Chipunta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Stave Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek
- Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
- Coffeeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Coffeeville is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffeeville <1>
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Winn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Winn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Winn is located in Clarke County
- Toddtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
- Toddtown is located in Clarke County
- Zimco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Rockville is located in Clarke County
- Walker Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carlton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Alma is located in Clarke County
- Mobile County
- Calvert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellisville, with the one closest to Ellisville listed first.
- State Line
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for State Line. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Clark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Clark is located in Greene County (MS)
- Carson City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carson City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson City
- Carson City is located in Greene County (MS)
- Wayne County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellisville, with the one closest to Ellisville listed first.
- Robinsons Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Junction
- Robinsons Junction is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Waynesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesboro
- Waynesboro is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,866 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynesboro <1>
- Clara
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Clara is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Matherville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Matherville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Matherville is located in Wayne County (MS)
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
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.
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Reynolds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reynolds Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reynolds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Yarbo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yarbo Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yarbo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Midway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Midway Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Midway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Three Forks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Three Forks Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Three Forks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Level Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Level Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Level Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Spring Bank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Bank Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Bank Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rutan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rutan Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rutan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Richardson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richardson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richardson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Faith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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>
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.
- Bigbee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Koenton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Koenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenton
- Koenton is located in Washington County
- Frankville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Millry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millry
- Millry is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millry <1>
- Saint Stephen's
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Healing Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Healing Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Rescueville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rescueville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescueville
- Rescueville is located in Choctaw County
- Salitpa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Wagar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wagar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagar
- Wagar is located in Washington County
- Yellow Pine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
- Yellow Pine is located in Washington County
- Sunflower
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Sunflower is located in Washington County
- Silas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silas
- Silas is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silas <1>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Carson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Carson is located in Washington County
- Aquilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aquilla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Aquilla is located in Choctaw County
- State Line
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for State Line. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
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 10 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 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. 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 first turn to 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 Ellisville:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Clarke County
- Mobile County
- Greene County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ellisville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.washingtoncountyalgov.com
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
<3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<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 Ellisville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
<5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ellisville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ellisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5454, Longitude: -88.2133 In this case, the coordinates for Ellisville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |