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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 Manns Ferry (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 Manns Ferry. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Manns Ferry is located in Choctaw 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 Choctaw County: Clarke, Marengo, Sumter, Washington, Clarke (MS), Lauderdale (MS) & Wayne (MS).

Below are the counties that are near Manns Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manns Ferry:

  • Baldwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manns Ferry, with the one closest to Manns Ferry listed first.
    • Tensaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tensaw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
      • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
    • Latham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Latham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
      • Latham is located in Baldwin County
    • Blacksher
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
      • Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
    • Stockton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Little River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bay Minette
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Perdido
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Phillipsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
      • Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
  • Clarke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manns Ferry, with the one closest to Manns Ferry listed first.
    • Carlton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Rockville is located in Clarke County
    • Jackson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Alma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Alma is located in Clarke County
    • Stave Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek
      • Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
    • Gainestown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gainestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
      • Gainestown is located in Clarke County
    • Walker Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Barlow Bend
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barlow Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
      • Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
    • Salitpa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
      • Salitpa is located in Clarke County
    • Toddtown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
      • Toddtown is located in Clarke County
  • Mobile County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manns Ferry, with the one closest to Manns Ferry listed first.
    • Calvert
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mount Vernon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Movico
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Movico
      • Movico is located in Mobile County
    • Chastang
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
      • Chastang is located in Mobile County
    • Barry Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
      • Barry Village is located in Mobile County
    • Bucks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Citronelle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Axis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
      • Axis is located in Mobile County
    • Gulfcrest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulfcrest
      • Gulfcrest is located in Mobile County
    • Creola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Creola is located in Mobile County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
    • Chunchula
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunchula
      • Chunchula is located in Mobile County
    • Satsuma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Satsuma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satsuma
      • Satsuma is located in Mobile County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,206 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Satsuma <2>
  • Monroe County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Pleasant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manns Ferry, with the one closest to Manns Ferry listed first.
    • Malcolm
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
      • Malcolm is located in Washington County
    • Fairford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
      • Fairford is located in Washington County
    • McIntosh
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
      • McIntosh is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <2>
    • Sims Chapel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
      • Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
    • Hawthorn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hawthorn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorn
      • Hawthorn is located in Washington County
    • Sunflower
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
      • Sunflower is located in Washington County
    • Seaboard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Seaboard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaboard
      • Seaboard is located in Washington County
    • Wagarville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Prestwick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Prestwick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwick
      • Prestwick is located in Washington County
    • Tibbie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tibbie
      • Tibbie is located in Washington County
    • Deer Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
      • Deer Park is located in Washington County
    • Bassetts Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bassetts Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassetts Creek
      • Bassetts Creek is located in Washington County
  • Greene County (MS)
    • Brown Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
      • Brown Town is located in Greene County (MS)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manns Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Manns Ferry.

Cemeteries Near Manns Ferry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manns Ferry.

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 Manns Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manns Ferry, with the one closest to Manns Ferry listed first.

  • Malcolm Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Malcolm Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Malcolm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Big John Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big John Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big John Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Vaughn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vaughn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vaughn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Calvert Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Calvert Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvert Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvert Cemetery is located in Calvert.
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McIntosh Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McIntosh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McIntosh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (196 more) ...
    • Reeds Chapel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reeds Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reeds Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Magnolia Holiness Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hill Springs Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Springs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Manns Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manns Ferry.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Manns Ferry, with the one closest to Manns Ferry listed first.

  • Fairford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
    • Fairford is located in Washington County
  • Calvert
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • McIntosh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
    • McIntosh is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <2>
  • Mount Vernon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sims Chapel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
    • Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
  • Chastang
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
    • Chastang is located in Mobile County
  • Sunflower
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
    • Sunflower is located in Washington County
  • Latham
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Latham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Latham is located in Baldwin County
  • Tensaw
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tensaw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
    • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
  • Citronelle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Stockton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Blacksher
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
    • Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Wagar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wagar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagar
      • Wagar is located in Washington County
    • Deer Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
      • Deer Park is located in Washington County
    • Little River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manns Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manns Ferry.

Newspapers Published in Manns Ferry ...

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 Manns Ferry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manns Ferry, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manns Ferry.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Manns Ferry:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Manns Ferry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Manns Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Manns Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Manns Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2002, Longitude: -88.0133       In this case, the coordinates for Manns Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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