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 Loper (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 Loper. 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.
Loper is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties 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 Loper. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Loper:
- Washington County (The home county of Loper)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loper, with the one closest to Loper listed first.
- Barlow
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Millry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millry
- Millry is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millry <2>
- Healing Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Healing Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Mehaffey ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehaffey
- Mehaffey is located in Washington County
- Copeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Bigbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Chatom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatom
- Chatom is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,168 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chatom <2>
- Frankville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Hobson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
- Hobson is located in Washington County
- Saint Stephen's
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephen's
- Saint Stephen's is located in Washington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Stephen's <2>
- Yellow Pine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
- Yellow Pine is located in Washington County
- Tibbie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tibbie
- Tibbie is located in Washington County
- Bassetts Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bassetts Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassetts Creek
- Bassetts Creek is located in Washington County
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loper, with the one closest to Loper listed first.
- Cullomburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullomburg
- Cullomburg is located in Choctaw County
- Bladon Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bladon Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladon Springs
- Bladon Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Aquilla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Silas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silas
- Silas is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silas <2>
- Bolinger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Souwilpa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Isney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Emory
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Womack Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Womack Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Gilbertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertown
- Gilbertown is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbertown <2>
- Toxey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Melvin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Okatuppa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loper, with the one closest to Loper listed first.
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fakit Chipunta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Salitpa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Coffeeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Coffeeville is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffeeville <2>
- Stave Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek
- Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
- Winn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Jackson is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,582 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <2>
- Toddtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
- Toddtown is located in Clarke County
- Zimco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Rockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Rockville is located in Clarke County
- Walker Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Springs
- Walker Springs is located in Clarke County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walker Springs <2>
- Campbell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Clarke County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loper, with the one closest to Loper listed first.
- Gin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest) - Junction City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Shubuta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loper, with the one closest to Loper listed first.
- State Line
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for State Line. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Clark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Clark is located in Greene County (MS)
- Carson City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carson City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson City
- Carson City is located in Greene County (MS)
- Wayne County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loper, with the one closest to Loper listed first.
- Robinsons Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Junction
- Robinsons Junction is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Waynesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesboro
- Waynesboro is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,866 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynesboro <2>
- Clara
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Clara is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Matherville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Matherville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Matherville is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Whistler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Loper, see our County-by-County Page for Loper.
Cemeteries Near Loper ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loper.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Loper covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Loper, with the one closest to Loper listed first.
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Barlow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barlow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barlow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Millry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Yarbo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yarbo Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yarbo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Smiths Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smiths Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smiths Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Reynolds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reynolds Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reynolds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Healing Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Healing Springs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Healing Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Browns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Browns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Browns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Winsletts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winsletts Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winsletts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (256 more) ...
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Tree Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Carter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Tree Cemetery
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 Loper in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Loper.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Loper, with the one closest to Loper listed first.
- Millry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millry
- Millry is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millry <2>
- Healing Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Healing Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Koenton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Bigbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Rescueville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rescueville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescueville
- Rescueville is located in Choctaw County
- Frankville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Aquilla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Silas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silas
- Silas is located in Choctaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silas <2>
- State Line
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for State Line. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Yellow Pine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
- Yellow Pine is located in Washington County
- Saint Stephen's
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephen's
- Saint Stephen's is located in Washington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Stephen's <2>
- Denham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Salitpa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Isney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Souwilpa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Salitpa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Loper. See our List of 1890's Communities around Loper.
Newspapers Published in Loper ...
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 Loper.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loper, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Loper.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Loper:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Greene County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Choctaw County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Washington County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Washington County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Loper. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.washingtoncountyalgov.com
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Loper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Loper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Loper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5816, Longitude: -88.3000 In this case, the coordinates for Loper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |