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 Raley Forest Hill (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 Raley Forest Hill. 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 Raley Forest Hill ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Raley Forest Hill: Raley Frst. Hill
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 southeast 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 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.
Raley Forest Hill is located in Escambia 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 Escambia County: Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Monroe, Escambia (FL), Okaloosa (FL) & Santa Rosa (FL).
Below are the counties that are near Raley Forest Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Raley Forest Hill:
- Escambia County (The home county of Raley Forest Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Raley Forest Hill, with the one closest to Raley Forest Hill listed first.
- Atmore
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Flomaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Huxford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Huxford is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
- Hammac
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hammac is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
- Pollard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pollard is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Brewton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Brewton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Riverview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Riverview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raley Forest Hill, with the one closest to Raley Forest Hill listed first.
- Perdido
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Phillipsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- Bay Minette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
- Tensaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
- Latham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Latham is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Little River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse Forks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
- Stapleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- Loxley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarke County
- Carlton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conecuh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raley Forest Hill, with the one closest to Raley Forest Hill listed first.
- Range
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Range is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Lenox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mobile County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raley Forest Hill, with the one closest to Raley Forest Hill listed first.
- Barry Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barry Village is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
- Bucks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chastang
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chastang is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
- Creola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Creola is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Mount Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Movico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Movico is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Movico
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raley Forest Hill, with the one closest to Raley Forest Hill listed first.
- Uriah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Goodway
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Goodway is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodway
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Megargel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Megargel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megargel
- Frisco City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Excel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Excel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Escambia County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Raley Forest Hill, with the one closest to Raley Forest Hill listed first.
- Walnut Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Byrneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Byrneville is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrneville
- Century
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- McDavid
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- McDavid is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid
- Pine Barren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Barrineau Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
- Molino
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Quintette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Muscogee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Cantonment
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Santa Rosa County (FL)
- Jay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jay is located in Santa Rosa County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Raley Forest Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Raley Forest Hill.
Cemeteries Near Raley Forest Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Raley Forest Hill.
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 Raley Forest Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Raley Forest Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Raley Forest Hill, with the one closest to Raley Forest Hill listed first.
- Lucy Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Serenity Garden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nokomis Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Freemanville Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Freewill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Canoe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Robinsonville Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poarch Mission Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (161 more) ...
- Perdido Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Raley Forest Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Raley Forest Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Raley Forest Hill, with the one closest to Raley Forest Hill listed first.
- Perdido
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carney is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
- Bluff Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bluff Springs is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
- Flomaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- McDavid
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- McDavid is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid
- Bay Minette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hammac
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hammac is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
- D'Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- D'Olive is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Olive
- Pine Barren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Pollard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pollard is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Blacksher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
- Tensaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Latham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Latham is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Gateswood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gateswood is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateswood
- Little River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Raley Forest Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Raley Forest Hill.
Newspapers Published in Raley Forest Hill ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Raley Forest Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Raley Forest Hill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Raley Forest Hill.
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 websites either 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 Raley Forest Hill:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Escambia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Clarke County
- Conecuh County
- Mobile County
- Monroe County
- Escambia County
- Santa Rosa 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Raley Forest Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Raley Forest Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |