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 Houstonville (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 Houstonville. 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.
Houstonville 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 Houstonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Houstonville:
- Baldwin County (The home county of Houstonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Houstonville, with the one closest to Houstonville listed first.
- Fairhope
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Point Clear
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clay City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Marlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Daphne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Yupon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yupon is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yupon
- Silverhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Park City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Park City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Magnolia Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spanish Fort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Loxley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mobile County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houstonville, with the one closest to Houstonville listed first.
- Bellefontaine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
- Mon Louis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Mobile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alabama Port
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama Port is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Port
- Theodore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tillmans Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
- Irvington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Country Club Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
- Prichard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Gaines ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Gaines is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gaines
- Chickasaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dauphin Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dauphin Island is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dauphin Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
- Escambia County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Houstonville, with the one closest to Houstonville listed first.
- Muscogee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Barrineau Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
- Gulf Beach Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Beach Heights is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach Heights
- Gulf Beach ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Beach is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Houstonville, see our County-by-County Page for Houstonville.
Cemeteries Near Houstonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Houstonville.
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 Houstonville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Houstonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Houstonville, with the one closest to Houstonville listed first.
- Twin Beach Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Confederate Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairhope Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fairhope Colony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Timney South River Park Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brook Cedron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belforest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Christ the King Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Silverhill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- D'Olive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (153 more) ...
- Malbis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mt. Aid Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Rest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Houstonville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Houstonville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Houstonville, with the one closest to Houstonville listed first.
- Point Clear
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Marlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Daphne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mon Louis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Rosinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
- Cox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cox is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Mobile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bon Secour
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bromley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- Theodore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fowl River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fowl River is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
- Gasque
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Swift
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Swift is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Houstonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Houstonville.
Newspapers Published in Houstonville ...
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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around Houstonville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Houstonville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Houstonville.
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 helpful 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 Houstonville:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Baldwin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Mobile County
- Escambia 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 Houstonville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Houstonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |