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 Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp (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 Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp. 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 Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp ...
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.
While the name of this community is Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp may originally have been Peavey's Landing Boat Ramp.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp might be written as Peavey Landing Boat Ramp.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Greene (MS) & Wayne (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp:
- Washington County (The home county of Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, with the one closest to Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp listed first.
- Frankville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Saint Stephen's
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bigbee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Leroy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leroy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Hobson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hobson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
- Bassetts Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bassetts Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassetts Creek
- Wagarville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Prestwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prestwick is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwick
- Chatom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barlow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Millry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Healing Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, with the one closest to Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp listed first.
- Bladon Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bladon Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladon Springs
- Cullomburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cullomburg is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullomburg
- Womack Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Bolinger
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bolinger is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolinger
- Silas
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Souwilpa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Souwilpa is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souwilpa
- Aquilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Gilbertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Toxey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Toxey is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Isney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Isney is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isney
- Emory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Emory is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Okatuppa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Okatuppa is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okatuppa
- Needham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Needham is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, with the one closest to Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp listed first.
- Salitpa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Stave Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek
- Winn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Winn is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Coffeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Toddtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Toddtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zimco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- West Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Walker Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grove Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Alma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alma is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Marengo County
- Putnam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Monroe County
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Greene County (MS)
- State Line
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Wayne County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, with the one closest to Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp listed first.
- Robinsons Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Robinsons Junction is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Junction
- Chicora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chicora is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicora
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, see our County-by-County Page for Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp.
Cemeteries Near Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp.
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 Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, with the one closest to Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp listed first.
- Faith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Midway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crawford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old St. Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frankville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grenade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Overstreet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, with the one closest to Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp listed first.
- Salitpa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Saint Stephen's
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Frankville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Bigbee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Winn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Winn is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Koenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Koenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenton
- Coffeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wagar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wagar is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagar
- Carson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rescueville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rescueville is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescueville
- Millry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- McEntyre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McEntyre is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEntyre
- Healing Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp.
Newspapers Published in Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Clarke County
- Marengo County
- Monroe County
- Greene County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Peaveys Landing Boat Ramp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |