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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 Ewell (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 Ewell. 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.

Ewell is located in Dale 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 Dale County: Barbour, Coffee, Geneva, Henry, Houston & Pike.

Below are the counties that are near Ewell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ewell:

  • Dale County     (The home county of Ewell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewell, with the one closest to Ewell listed first.
    • Mabson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ozark
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Newton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Newton is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
    • Pinckard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Midland City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Skipperville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Skipperville is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipperville
    • Fort Rucker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Arguta
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Napier Field
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Napier Field is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier Field
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
    • Bertha
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Grimes
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Daleville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Holiday Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Holiday Village is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
  • Barbour County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewell, with the one closest to Ewell listed first.
    • Blue Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Elamville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Clio
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Louisville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Louisville is located in Barbour County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
    • Bakerhill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Coffee County
  • Geneva County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewell, with the one closest to Ewell listed first.
    • Malvern
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Dundee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Slocomb
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Bellwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellwood is located in Geneva County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
    • Scranton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Chancellor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Coffee Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
    • Costilla ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Costilla is located in Geneva County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costilla
    • Black
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Black is located in Geneva County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
    • Eunola ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Henry County
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewell, with the one closest to Ewell listed first.
    • Tidwell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Tidwell is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
    • Kinsey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kinsey is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
    • Dothan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Parker Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Parker Village is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Village
    • Taylor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Taylor is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,440 people
    • Parish
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Webb
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Webb is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,479 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webb <1>
    • Cowarts
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rehobeth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Rehobeth is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehobeth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,699 people
    • Merritts Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Barber
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Avon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Avon is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
    • Keyton's
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Pike County
  • Holmes County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewell, with the one closest to Ewell listed first.
    • Esto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Esto is located in Holmes County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
    • Noma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Ewell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ewell.

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

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

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ewell had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Ozark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Newton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Newton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
  • Asbury
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Asbury is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
  • Echo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Echo is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Midland City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Skipperville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Skipperville is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipperville
  • Dillard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dillard is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
  • Arguta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bertha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Daleville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Level Plains
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Headland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Clayhatchee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tidwell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Tidwell is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
    • Clopton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Clopton is located in Dale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton

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

Newspapers Published in Ewell ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ewell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ewell, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ewell.

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 Ewell:

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>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 Ewell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ewell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.