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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 Stage Coach Woods (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 Stage Coach Woods. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Stage Coach Woods is located in Mobile 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 Mobile County: Baldwin, Washington, George (MS), Greene (MS) & Jackson (MS).

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

  • Mobile County     (The home county of Stage Coach Woods)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stage Coach Woods, with the one closest to Stage Coach Woods listed first.
    • Barry Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Barry Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
    • Bucks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Chastang
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Chastang is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
    • Movico
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Movico is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Movico
    • Mount Vernon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Axis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Axis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
    • Creola
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Creola is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
    • Chunchula
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Chunchula is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunchula
    • Gulfcrest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Gulfcrest is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulfcrest
    • Calvert
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Citronelle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Satsuma
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Saraland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Baldwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stage Coach Woods, with the one closest to Stage Coach Woods listed first.
    • Stockton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Latham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Latham is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Tensaw
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
    • Bay Minette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitehouse Forks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
    • Bromley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
    • Blacksher
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
    • Spanish Fort
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Stapleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Perdido
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Phillipsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
    • Little River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Park City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Clarke County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stage Coach Woods, with the one closest to Stage Coach Woods listed first.
    • Fairford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Fairford is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
    • Malcolm
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Malcolm is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
    • Sims Chapel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
    • McIntosh
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Deer Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Deer Park is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
    • Hawthorn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Hawthorn is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorn
    • Seaboard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Seaboard is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaboard
    • Vinegar Bend
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Vinegar Bend is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Bend
    • Sunflower
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Sunflower is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
    • Tibbie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tibbie is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tibbie
    • Escatawpa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Escatawpa is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
    • Wagarville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Fruitdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fruitdale is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
  • George County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stage Coach Woods, with the one closest to Stage Coach Woods listed first.
    • Howell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Howell is located in George County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Agricola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Greene County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stage Coach Woods, with the one closest to Stage Coach Woods listed first.
    • Brown Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Brown Town is located in Greene County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
    • Leakesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Stage Coach Woods ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stage Coach Woods.

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 Stage Coach Woods - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stage Coach Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Turnerville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Seymour Bluff Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Roper Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lambert Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Lambert Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Smiths Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Morningstar Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Creola Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (240 more) ...
    • Little St. Louis Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlow Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Frazier Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Chastang
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Chastang is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
  • Mount Vernon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chunchula
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Chunchula is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunchula
  • Creola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Creola is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
  • Calvert
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Fairford is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
  • Citronelle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Stockton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Kushla
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Kushla is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kushla
  • Sims Chapel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
  • Latham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Latham is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • McIntosh
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Whistler
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Whistler is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
    • Prichard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Stage Coach Woods ...

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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stage Coach Woods.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stage Coach Woods, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stage Coach Woods.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Stage Coach Woods:

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>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 Stage Coach Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Stage Coach Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.