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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 Elsanor (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 Elsanor. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Elsanor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elsanor, with the one closest to Elsanor listed first.
    • Seminole
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Seminole is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
    • Robertsdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Summerdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Elberta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Silverhill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Loxley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Foley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Foley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,446 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foley <1>
    • Lillian
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lillian is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
    • Clay City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Clay City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
    • Perdido Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Perdido Beach is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdido Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
    • Marlow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Magnolia Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mobile County
    • Mobile
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Escambia County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elsanor, with the one closest to Elsanor listed first.
    • Muscogee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
    • Barrineau Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
    • Cantonment
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bellview
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Bellview is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
    • Gonzalez
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Gonzalez is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
    • Gulf Beach Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulf Beach Heights is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach Heights
    • Sand Cut ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sand Cut is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
    • Ensley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Quintette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Quintette is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
    • Myrtle Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Myrtle Grove is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
    • Olive
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Olive is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
    • Gulf Beach ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulf Beach is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach
  • Santa Rosa County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elsanor, with the one closest to Elsanor listed first.
    • Pace
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Gulf Breeze
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Elsanor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elsanor.

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

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

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

  • Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Foley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hall Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Coopers Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Baldwin Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Summerdale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pittman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Marks Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hinote Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (108 more) ...
    • Allen Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dyes Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Prince of Peace Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Rosinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
  • Swift
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Swift is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Muscogee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
  • Gateswood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Gateswood is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateswood
  • Marlow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
  • Cantonment
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Magnolia Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Josephine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Josephine is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
  • Millview
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Millview is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
  • Bon Secour
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Quintette
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Quintette is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
  • Montrose
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Perdido Key
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Olive
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Olive is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
    • Daphne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Elsanor ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elsanor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elsanor, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elsanor.

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 Elsanor:

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 Elsanor, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elsanor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.