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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 Rabun (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 Rabun. 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 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.

Rabun is located in Baldwin 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 Baldwin County: Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington & Escambia (FL).

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

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Rabun)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rabun, with the one closest to Rabun listed first.
    • Perdido
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Latham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Latham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
      • Latham is located in Baldwin County
    • Stockton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Tensaw
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tensaw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
      • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
    • Bay Minette
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Minette have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Minette
      • Bay Minette is located in Baldwin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,509 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Minette <1>
    • Phillipsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
      • Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
    • Blacksher
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
      • Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
    • Little River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Stapleton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Bromley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bromley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
    • Spanish Fort
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Loxley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loxley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loxley
      • Loxley is located in Baldwin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,329 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loxley <1>
    • Park City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
  • Clarke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rabun, with the one closest to Rabun listed first.
    • Carlton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Gainestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainestown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
      • Gainestown is located in Clarke County
    • Rockville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Rockville is located in Clarke County
    • Alma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Alma is located in Clarke County
    • Barlow Bend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barlow Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
      • Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
  • Escambia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rabun, with the one closest to Rabun listed first.
    • Atmore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Huxford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
      • Huxford is located in Escambia County
    • Flomaton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hammac
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammac have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
      • Hammac is located in Escambia County
  • Mobile County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rabun, with the one closest to Rabun listed first.
    • Barry Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
      • Barry Village is located in Mobile County
    • Bucks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Chastang
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
      • Chastang is located in Mobile County
    • Mount Vernon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Movico
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Movico
      • Movico is located in Mobile County
    • Calvert
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Creola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creola have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Axis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
      • Axis is located in Mobile County
    • Satsuma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Satsuma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Saraland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saraland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saraland
      • Saraland is located in Mobile County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,671 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saraland <1>
    • Chickasaw
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chickasaw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
      • Chickasaw is located in Mobile County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,659 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chickasaw <1>
    • Eight Mile
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eight Mile have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Mile
      • Eight Mile is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eight Mile <1>
    • Chunchula
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunchula
      • Chunchula is located in Mobile County
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rabun, with the one closest to Rabun listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
    • Uriah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodway
      • Goodway is located in Monroe County
    • Megargel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megargel
      • Megargel is located in Monroe County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rabun, with the one closest to Rabun listed first.
    • Malcolm
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
      • Malcolm is located in Washington County
    • Fairford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
      • Fairford is located in Washington County
    • McIntosh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Sims Chapel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
      • Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
    • Sunflower
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
      • Sunflower is located in Washington County
    • Hawthorn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawthorn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorn
      • Hawthorn is located in Washington County
  • Escambia County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rabun, with the one closest to Rabun listed first.
    • Walnut Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Byrneville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrneville
      • Byrneville is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • McDavid
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDavid have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid
      • McDavid is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Century
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Century
      • Century is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,873 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Century <1>
    • Barrineau Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
      • Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Pine Barren
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Barren have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
      • Pine Barren is located in Escambia County (FL)

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

Newspapers Published in Rabun ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rabun.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rabun, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rabun.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Rabun:

Cemeteries Near Rabun ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rabun.

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

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

  • Gentry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gentry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gentry Cemetery
  • Dean Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dean Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dean Cemetery
  • McGill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McGill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGill Cemetery
  • Bryars McGill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bryars McGill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryars McGill Cemetery
  • Perdido Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perdido Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perdido Cemetery
  • Perdido Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perdido Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perdido Cemetery
  • Sullivan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sullivan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sullivan Cemetery
  • Lancaster Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lancaster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lancaster Cemetery
  • Stockton Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stockton Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stockton Memorial Cemetery
  • Halls Fork Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dutch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dutch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dutch Cemetery
  • Millers Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millers Cemetery
  • Continue List   (170 more) ...
    • Dixie Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dixie Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dixie Church Cemetery
    • Richerson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richerson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richerson Cemetery
    • Richerson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richerson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richerson 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.<5>

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

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

  • Perdido
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Carney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
    • Carney is located in Baldwin County
  • Latham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Latham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Latham is located in Baldwin County
  • Stockton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Tensaw
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tensaw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
    • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
  • Bay Minette
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Minette have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Minette
    • Bay Minette is located in Baldwin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,509 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Minette <1>
  • D'Olive
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for D'Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Olive
    • D'Olive is located in Baldwin County
  • Blacksher
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
    • Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
  • Little River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Mount Vernon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Chastang
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
    • Chastang is located in Mobile County
  • Creola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creola have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Calvert
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bromley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bromley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County

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

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

The official website for Baldwin County: www.co.baldwin.al.us/

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

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>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>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- Rabun) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rabun. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0268, Longitude: -87.7250       In this case, the coordinates for Rabun have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rabun, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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