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 Jordan (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 Jordan. 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 doctors and 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.
Jordan is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Greene (MS) & Wayne (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Jordan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jordan:
- Washington County (The home county of Jordan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jordan, with the one closest to Jordan listed first.
- Chatom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hobson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hobson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
- Barlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Bigbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Millry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tibbie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tibbie is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tibbie
- Healing Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Copeland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Copeland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Saint Stephen's
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Frankville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Mehaffey ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mehaffey is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehaffey
- Bassetts Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bassetts Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassetts Creek
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jordan, with the one closest to Jordan listed first.
- Cullomburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cullomburg is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullomburg
- Bladon Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bladon Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladon Springs
- Aquilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Silas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bolinger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bolinger is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolinger
- Souwilpa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Souwilpa is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souwilpa
- Isney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Isney is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isney
- Womack Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Emory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Emory is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Gilbertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Toxey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Toxey is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jordan, with the one closest to Jordan listed first.
- Salitpa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Stave Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coffeeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winn is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Toddtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Toddtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
- West Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Rockville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Zimco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- Walker Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mobile County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jordan, with the one closest to Jordan listed first.
- Calvert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Citronelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greene County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jordan, with the one closest to Jordan listed first.
- State Line
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Clark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clark is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Carson City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carson City is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson City
- Leakesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jordan, with the one closest to Jordan listed first.
- Robinsons Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Robinsons Junction is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Junction
- Chicora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chicora is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicora
- Waynesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clara
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clara is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jordan, see our County-by-County Page for Jordan.
Cemeteries Near Jordan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jordan.
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 Jordan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jordan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jordan, with the one closest to Jordan listed first.
- Reynolds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Yarbo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Bank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rutan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Richardson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairhope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Level Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barlow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laton Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Jordan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jordan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jordan, with the one closest to Jordan listed first.
- Bigbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Millry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Koenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Koenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenton
- Healing Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Saint Stephen's
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Frankville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Yellow Pine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
- Rescueville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rescueville is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescueville
- State Line
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Wagar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wagar is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagar
- Salitpa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Sunflower
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunflower is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Escatawpa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Escatawpa is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Vinegar Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vinegar Bend is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Bend
- Aquilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jordan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jordan.
Newspapers Published in Jordan ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jordan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jordan, 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 Jordan.
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 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 Jordan:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Clarke County
- Mobile County
- Greene County
- Wayne 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 Jordan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jordan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |