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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 Yelling Settlement (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 Yelling Settlement. 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 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.

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

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

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Yelling Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yelling Settlement, with the one closest to Yelling Settlement listed first.
    • Daphne
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Loxley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Montrose
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Park City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Park City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Spanish Fort
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Silverhill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairhope
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bromley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
    • Stapleton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Robertsdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Clay City is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
    • Marlow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Point Clear
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mobile County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yelling Settlement, with the one closest to Yelling Settlement listed first.
    • Mobile
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Chickasaw
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Prichard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellefontaine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
    • Eight Mile
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tillmans Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
    • Satsuma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mon Louis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Mon Louis is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
    • Country Club Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
    • Theodore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Creola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Creola is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
    • Saraland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Alabama Port
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Alabama Port is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Port
  • Escambia County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yelling Settlement, with the one closest to Yelling Settlement listed first.
    • Barrineau Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
    • Muscogee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Muscogee is located in Escambia County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
    • Walnut Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cantonment
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Yelling Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yelling Settlement.

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 Yelling Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Christ the King Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Belforest Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Malbis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Aid Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • D'Olive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Montrose Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Silbley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Friends Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Silverhill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairhope Colony Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (172 more) ...
    • Bromley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Fairhope Memorial Gardens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Alabama State Veterans Memorial 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.<4>

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

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

  • Daphne
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Montrose
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bromley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bromley is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
  • Rosinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Rosinton is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
  • Point Clear
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marlow
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Marlow is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
  • Mobile
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cox
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cox is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
  • Magnolia Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Plateau
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Plateau is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Gateswood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gateswood is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateswood
  • D'Olive
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • D'Olive is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Olive
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Prichard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay Minette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Whistler
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Whistler is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler

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

Newspapers Published in Yelling Settlement ...

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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yelling Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yelling Settlement, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yelling Settlement.

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 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 Yelling Settlement:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yelling Settlement) 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 Yelling Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.