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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 Georgetown (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 Georgetown. 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.

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

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Georgetown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
    • Little River
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Blacksher
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
    • Tensaw
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
    • Latham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Latham is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Perdido
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Stockton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Bay Minette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Phillipsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
  • Clarke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
    • Carlton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gainestown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Gainestown is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
    • Rockville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockville is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Alma
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Alma is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Barlow Bend
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
    • Walker Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jackson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Suggsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Suggsville is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suggsville
    • Stave Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek
    • Toddtown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Toddtown is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
    • Whatley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Whatley is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whatley
    • Winn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Winn is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
  • Conecuh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
    • Range
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Range is located in Conecuh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
    • Repton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Escambia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
    • Huxford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Huxford is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
    • Atmore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Mobile County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
    • Calvert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Vernon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Movico
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Movico is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Movico
    • Chastang
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Chastang is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
    • Barry Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Barry Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
    • Bucks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Axis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Axis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Uriah
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Goodway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Goodway is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodway
    • Megargel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Megargel is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megargel
    • Perdue Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Perdue Hill is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue Hill
    • Claiborne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Claiborne is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
    • Frisco City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Excel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Excel is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Mexia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mexia is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
    • Ollie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ollie is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
    • Finchburg ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Finchburg is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchburg
    • Monroeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
    • Sunflower
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Sunflower is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
    • Carson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Carson is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
    • Prestwick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Prestwick is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwick
    • Malcolm
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Malcolm is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
    • McIntosh
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Leroy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Leroy is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Bassetts Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bassetts Creek is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassetts Creek
    • Wagarville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hawthorn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Hawthorn is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorn
    • Fairford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
    • Sims Chapel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
    • Saint Stephen's
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Georgetown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Georgetown.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown 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.<4>

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

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

  • Little River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Blacksher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
  • Tensaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
  • Gainestown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Gainestown is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
  • Alma
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Alma is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
  • Barlow Bend
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
  • Latham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Latham is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
  • Sunflower
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Sunflower is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
  • Walker Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Carson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Carson is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • McIntosh
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Calvert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jackson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Wagar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Wagar is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagar

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

Newspapers Published in Georgetown ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Georgetown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Georgetown, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Georgetown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Georgetown:

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