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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 Falco (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 Falco. 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 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.

Falco is located in Covington 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 Covington County: Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Escambia, Geneva, Okaloosa (FL) & Walton (FL).

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

  • Covington County     (The home county of Falco)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falco, with the one closest to Falco listed first.
    • Wing
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Red Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Carolina
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Carolina is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Lockhart
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lockhart is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
    • Libertyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Libertyville is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Florala
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Andalusia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • River Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Horn Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Horn Hill is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Sanford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanford is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Onycha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Heath
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Heath is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
  • Coffee County
    • Kinston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Conecuh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falco, with the one closest to Falco listed first.
    • Brooklyn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Brooklyn is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • Paul
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Johnsonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Union
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Nymph
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Centerville is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Castleberry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jay Villa ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Sparta ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Escambia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falco, with the one closest to Falco listed first.
    • Bradley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Bradley is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
    • Roberts
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Roberts is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • East Brewton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Riverview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Riverview is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
    • Brewton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Okaloosa County (FL)
  • Santa Rosa County (FL)
  • Walton County (FL)

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

Cemeteries Near Falco ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Falco.

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

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

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

  • Wing Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Beda Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rock Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Newell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Bradley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bradley Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Blackwater Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Hill Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stewart Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (140 more) ...
    • Shiloh Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mancill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rock Creek Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<3>

While we didn't find Falco in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Falco.

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

  • Beda
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Beda is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beda
  • Rome
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rome is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
  • Fairfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Fairfield is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Otahite ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Boykin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Boykin is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
  • Roberts
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Roberts is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
  • Florala
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Brooklyn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brooklyn is located in Conecuh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
  • Andalusia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Loango
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Loango is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loango
  • Green Bay
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Bay is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
  • River Falls
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Gordon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Gordon is located in Walton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Cohassett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Cohassett is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohassett
    • Mount Union
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Falco ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Falco.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Falco, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Falco.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Falco:

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