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 Loyola Villa (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 Loyola Villa. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Loyola Villa 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 Loyola Villa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Loyola Villa:
- Baldwin County (The home county of Loyola Villa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loyola Villa, with the one closest to Loyola Villa listed first.
- Point Clear
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairhope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clay City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Marlow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Yupon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yupon is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yupon
- Daphne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- 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
- Silverhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Fort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Loxley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mobile County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loyola Villa, with the one closest to Loyola Villa listed first.
- Bellefontaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
- Mon Louis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Alabama Port
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama Port is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Port
- Mobile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tillmans Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
- Theodore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Irvington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Country Club Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
- Prichard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Gaines ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Gaines is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gaines
- Saint Elmo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Bayou La Batre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Loyola Villa, see our County-by-County Page for Loyola Villa.
Cemeteries Near Loyola Villa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loyola Villa.
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 Loyola Villa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Loyola Villa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Loyola Villa, with the one closest to Loyola Villa listed first.
- Twin Beach Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Confederate Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairhope Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairhope Colony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brook Cedron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Timney South River Park Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belforest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Christ the King Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- D'Olive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Silverhill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Boudans Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boudans Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boudans Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Bellefontaine
- Mathis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mathis Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Bellefontaine
- Malbis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 Loyola Villa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Loyola Villa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Loyola Villa, with the one closest to Loyola Villa listed first.
- Point Clear
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Montrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marlow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Daphne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mon Louis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Magnolia Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cox is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Fowl River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fowl River is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
- Mobile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rosinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
- Theodore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bromley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bon Secour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gasque
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Plateau
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plateau is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Loyola Villa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Loyola Villa.
Newspapers Published in Loyola Villa ...
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 Loyola Villa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loyola Villa, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Loyola Villa.
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 Loyola Villa:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Baldwin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Loyola Villa, 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- Loyola Villa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |