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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 Gulf Dale (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 Gulf Dale. 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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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.

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

  • Mobile County     (The home county of Gulf Dale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Dale, with the one closest to Gulf Dale listed first.
    • Tillmans Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
    • Mobile
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Country Club Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
    • Theodore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellefontaine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
    • Prichard
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Chickasaw
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Eight Mile
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Mon Louis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
    • Irvington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Elmo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
    • Saraland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Baldwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Dale, with the one closest to Gulf Dale listed first.
    • Park City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Spanish Fort
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Daphne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Montrose
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Fairhope
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Point Clear
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bromley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
    • Clay City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Clay City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
    • Loxley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Stapleton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Marlow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Silverhill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • George County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Dale, with the one closest to Gulf Dale listed first.
    • Howell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Howell is located in George County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Agricola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jackson County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Dale, with the one closest to Gulf Dale listed first.
    • Big Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Big Point is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
    • Hurley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Helena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Helena is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Orange Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Grove is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
    • Coll Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Coll Town is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
    • Escatawpa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Escatawpa is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
    • Moss Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wade
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Wade is located in Jackson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade

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

Cemeteries Near Gulf Dale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gulf Dale.

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 Gulf Dale - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Casher Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lartigue Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Pine Crest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Crest Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Mobile.
    • The Pine Crest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pinecrest Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #658999 <2>
  • Morning Star Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mobile.
    • The Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279783 <2>
  • Ahavas Chesed Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jewish Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Magnolia Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mobile.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24167 <2>
  • Reformed Temple Jewish Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Little Magnolia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mobile National Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (199 more) ...

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

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

  • Cox
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cox is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
  • Mobile
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Theodore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Hill is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Plateau
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Plateau is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Prichard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Whistler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Whistler is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
  • Fowl River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fowl River is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
  • Mon Louis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
  • Montrose
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Daphne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Elmo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Point Clear
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fernland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fernland is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
    • Kushla
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Kushla is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kushla

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

Newspapers Published in Gulf Dale ...

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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gulf Dale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gulf Dale, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gulf Dale.

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 Gulf Dale:

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 Gulf Dale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Gulf Dale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.