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 Packards Bend (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 Packards Bend. 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.
Name Variations for Packards Bend ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
- A typical abbreviation for Packards Bend: Packards Bnd.
- While the name of this community is Packards Bend, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Packards Bend may originally have been Packard's Bend.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Packards Bend might be written as Packard Bend.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Packards Bend is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia & Wilcox.
Below are the counties that are near Packards Bend. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Packards Bend:
- Monroe County (The home county of Packards Bend)
- The following are listed by their distance from Packards Bend, with the one closest to Packards Bend listed first.
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Hybart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hybart
- Hybart is located in Monroe County
- Scratch Ankle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scratch Ankle
- Scratch Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Finchburg ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Vredenburgh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vredenburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vredenburgh
- Vredenburgh is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Lovan ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Monroe County
- Natchez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Beatrice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatrice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatrice
- Beatrice is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beatrice <4>
- Claiborne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Perdue Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue Hill
- Perdue Hill is located in Monroe County
- Tunnel Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Springs
- Tunnel Springs is located in Monroe County
- Former name for Tunnel Springs:
- Kempsville
- Peterman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterman
- Peterman is located in Monroe County
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Packards Bend, with the one closest to Packards Bend listed first.
- Nettleboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nettleboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleboro
- Nettleboro is located in Clarke County
- Dickinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Whatley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whatley
- Whatley is located in Clarke County
- Atkeison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkeison
- Atkeison is located in Clarke County
- Thomasville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Thomasville is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomasville <4>
- Suggsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Suggsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suggsville
- Suggsville is located in Clarke County
- Grove Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Grove Hill is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,709 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove Hill <4>
- Glover
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Barlow Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- 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.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
- Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
- Zimco
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Walker Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Springs
- Walker Springs is located in Clarke County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walker Springs <4>
- Gainestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- 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.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
- Gainestown is located in Clarke County
- Conecuh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Packards Bend, with the one closest to Packards Bend listed first.
- Ramah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah
- Ramah is located in Conecuh County
- Bermuda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Bermuda is located in Conecuh County
- Repton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repton
- Repton is located in Conecuh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Repton <4>
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Packards Bend, with the one closest to Packards Bend listed first.
- Vineland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Ellison ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Dixon's Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon's Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon's Mills
- Dixon's Mills is located in Marengo County
- Magnolia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Marengo County
- Flatwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Moss ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilcox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Packards Bend, with the one closest to Packards Bend listed first.
- Lower Peach Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peach Tree
- Lower Peach Tree is located in Wilcox County
- Asahel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asahel
- Asahel is located in Wilcox County
- Coy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Nellie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Yellow Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff
- Yellow Bluff is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Pine Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Rockwest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Kimbrough
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Camden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Camden is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <4>
- Anne Manie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anne Manie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anne Manie
- Anne Manie is located in Wilcox County
- Arlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Wilcox County
- Estelle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - McWilliams
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McWilliams have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- McWilliams is located in Wilcox County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Packards Bend, see our County-by-County Page for Packards Bend.
Cemeteries Near Packards Bend ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Packards Bend.
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 Packards Bend covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Packards Bend, with the one closest to Packards Bend listed first.
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Powell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Powell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kennedy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kennedy Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kennedy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wright Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wright Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tinela Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tinela Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tinela Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fellowship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fellowship Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fellowship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- York Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the York Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the York Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hybart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hybart Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hybart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Flat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Flat Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- New Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Providence Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lower Peach Tree Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Peach Tree Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Peach Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Springhill First Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springhill First Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springhill First Baptist Church Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> to the south of Monroeville.
- The Springhill First Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Springhill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2322067 <6>
- St. Peter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (256 more) ...
- Gates Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gates Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gates Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Red Hills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Hills Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Hills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gates 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.<7>
While we didn't find Packards Bend in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Packards Bend.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Packards Bend, with the one closest to Packards Bend listed first.
- Tinela
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Lower Peach Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peach Tree
- Lower Peach Tree is located in Wilcox County
- Coy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Finchburg ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Culpeper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Vashti
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Nellie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - River Ridge ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge
- River Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Yellow Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff
- Yellow Bluff is located in Wilcox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lovan ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Dickinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Gosport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Continue List (16 more) ...
- Natchez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Monroe County
- Whatley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whatley
- Whatley is located in Clarke County
- Natchez
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Packards Bend. See our List of 1890's Communities around Packards Bend.
Newspapers Published in Packards Bend ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Packards Bend.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Packards Bend, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Packards Bend.
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 Packards Bend:
- 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 Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Conecuh County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marengo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wilcox County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarke County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alabama
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Packards Bend. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Packards Bend) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Packards Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7760, Longitude: -87.4894 In this case, the coordinates for Packards Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Packards Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |