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 Manila (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 Manila. 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 and doctors 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.
Manila is located in Clarke 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 Clarke County: Baldwin, Choctaw, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Washington & Wilcox.
Below are the counties that are near Manila. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manila:
- Clarke County (The home county of Manila)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
- Alma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alma is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Walker Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gainestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gainestown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
- Suggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Suggsville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suggsville
- Barlow Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
- Whatley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whatley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whatley
- Rockville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Toddtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Toddtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
- Grove Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stave Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
- Little River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blacksher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
- Tensaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
- Latham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Latham is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Conecuh County
- Repton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Escambia County
- Huxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huxford is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
- Mobile County
- Calvert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
- Claiborne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Claiborne is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Perdue Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Perdue Hill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue Hill
- Finchburg ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Finchburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchburg
- Frisco City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mexia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mexia is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
- Scratch Ankle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scratch Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scratch Ankle
- Megargel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Megargel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megargel
- Uriah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goodway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goodway is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodway
- Ollie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ollie is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Excel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Excel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
- Carson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Carson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Leroy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Leroy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Prestwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Prestwick is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwick
- Sunflower
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sunflower is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Bassetts Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bassetts Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassetts Creek
- Wagarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Stephen's
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hawthorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hawthorn is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorn
- McIntosh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hobson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hobson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
- Frankville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Bigbee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Wilcox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
- Lower Peach Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Peach Tree is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peach Tree
- Asahel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Asahel is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asahel
- Coy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coy is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manila, see our County-by-County Page for Manila.
Cemeteries Near Manila ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manila.
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 Manila - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manila covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
- Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Franks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hotel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Puyear Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coleman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cammack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Linder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Canaan MB Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canaan MB Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Canaan MB Church Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Carlton.
- The New Canaan MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Canaan Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1105956 <3>
- Hearin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (208 more) ...
- Gaddies Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whatley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Manila in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manila.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
- Alma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alma is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Gainestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gainestown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
- Walker Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Suggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Suggsville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suggsville
- Barlow Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
- Gosport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gosport is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosport
- Whatley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whatley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whatley
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Claiborne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Claiborne is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- Carson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Carson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Grove Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Perdue Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Perdue Hill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue Hill
- Vashti
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vashti is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Finchburg ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Finchburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manila. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manila.
Newspapers Published in Manila ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manila.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manila, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manila.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Manila:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Clarke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Conecuh County
- Escambia County
- Mobile County
- Monroe County
- Washington County
- Wilcox 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manila) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Manila, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |