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 Fort Stoddard (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 Fort Stoddard. 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.
Name Variations for Fort Stoddard ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Stoddard: Ft. Stoddard
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals and 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.
Fort Stoddard is located in Mobile 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 Mobile County: Baldwin, Washington, George (MS), Greene (MS) & Jackson (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Fort Stoddard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Stoddard:
- Mobile County (The home county of Fort Stoddard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Stoddard, with the one closest to Fort Stoddard listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Movico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Movico is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Movico
- Calvert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chastang
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chastang is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
- Bucks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barry Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barry Village is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
- Axis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Axis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
- Creola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Creola is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Citronelle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gulfcrest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gulfcrest is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulfcrest
- Satsuma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chunchula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chunchula is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunchula
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Stoddard, with the one closest to Fort Stoddard listed first.
- Latham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Latham is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Stockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tensaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
- Blacksher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
- Little River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Minette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Perdido
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse Forks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
- Phillipsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- Bromley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- Stapleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Fort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Stoddard, with the one closest to Fort Stoddard listed first.
- Carlton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rockville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Alma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alma is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gainestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gainestown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
- Escambia County
- Atmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Monroe County
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Stoddard, with the one closest to Fort Stoddard listed first.
- Malcolm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Malcolm is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Fairford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
- McIntosh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sims Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
- Hawthorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hawthorn is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorn
- Sunflower
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sunflower is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Seaboard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Seaboard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaboard
- Deer Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Deer Park is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Wagarville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prestwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Prestwick is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwick
- Tibbie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tibbie is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tibbie
- Vinegar Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vinegar Bend is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Bend
- Greene County (MS)
- Brown Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brown Town is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Stoddard, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Stoddard.
Cemeteries Near Fort Stoddard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Stoddard.
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 Fort Stoddard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fort Stoddard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Stoddard, with the one closest to Fort Stoddard listed first.
- Morningstar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvert Cemetery is located in Calvert.
- Calvert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seymour Bluff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Malcolm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big John Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Byrd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- Lancaster Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Chestang Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Fort Stoddard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Stoddard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Stoddard, with the one closest to Fort Stoddard listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Calvert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chastang
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chastang is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
- Fairford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
- Latham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Latham is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Stockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McIntosh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tensaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
- Sims Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
- Creola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Creola is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Citronelle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blacksher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Chunchula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chunchula is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunchula
- D'Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- D'Olive is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Olive
- Bay Minette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fort Stoddard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Stoddard.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Fort Stoddard ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Stoddard.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fort Stoddard. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fort Stoddard and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fort Stoddard.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Fort Stoddard.
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 Fort Stoddard:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Mobile County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Clarke County
- Escambia County
- Monroe County
- Washington County
- Greene County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
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 Fort Stoddard, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Stoddard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |