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 Barker Store (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 Barker Store. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Barker Store is located in Holmes County.
To see how the shape of Florida's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Holmes County: Geneva (AL), Jackson, Walton & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Barker Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barker Store:
- Holmes County (The home county of Barker Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Izagora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Izagora is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Izagora
- Cerrogordo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cerrogordo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Westville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ponce de Leon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Esto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Esto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Bonifay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Noma
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Graceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Campbellton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jacob City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jacob City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Okaloosa County
- Svea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Svea is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svea
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Pleasant Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Argyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knox Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Knox Hill is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Hill
- De Funiak Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mossy Head
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Caryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Coosada Old Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coosada Old Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosada Old Town
- Brock Crossroad
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brock Crossroad is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock Crossroad
- Millers Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Millers Ferry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
- Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chipley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wausau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Central City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Coffee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Battens Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Battens Crossroads is located in Coffee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battens Crossroads
- Goodman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Goodman is located in Coffee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
- Kinston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alberton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alberton is located in Coffee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberton
- Covington County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Florala
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lockhart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lockhart is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
- Beulah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- County Line
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- County Line is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Onycha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Onycha is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onycha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Dale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Clayhatchee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clayhatchee is located in Dale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
- Level Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Level Plains is located in Dale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
- Daleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holiday Village is located in Dale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
- Geneva County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Geneva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eunola ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eunola is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunola
- Black
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Black is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Costilla ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Costilla is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costilla
- Samson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coffee Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Chancellor
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chancellor is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
- Hartford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bellwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bellwood is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Scranton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Scranton is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Dundee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Slocomb
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Malvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Houston County (AL)
- Merritts Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merritts Crossroads is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritts Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barker Store, see our County-by-County Page for Barker Store.
Cemeteries Near Barker Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barker Store.
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 Barker Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barker Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Merrill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Curry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McDuffie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harris Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Royals Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Broxton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Pittman Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittman Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Pittman Baptist Church Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northwest of Bonifay.
- The East Pittman Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Pittman Cemetery
- Pittman Cemetery
- Pittman Creek Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2290024 <2>
- Vaughanville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whitewater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- McDuffie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Geneva City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Padgett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Barker Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barker Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barker Store, with the one closest to Barker Store listed first.
- Izagora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Izagora is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Izagora
- Cerrogordo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cerrogordo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Vaughanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vaughanville is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughanville
- Geneva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Westville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Caryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marl is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl
- Ponce de Leon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Highfalls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highfalls is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfalls
- Argyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bonifay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Warwick ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Warwick is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Coffee Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Knox Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Knox Hill is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barker Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barker Store.
Newspapers Published in Barker Store ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barker Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barker Store, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barker Store.
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 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 Barker Store:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jackson County
- Okaloosa County
- Walton County
- Washington County
- Coffee County
- Covington County
- Dale County
- Geneva County
- Houston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Florida
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barker Store) 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 Barker Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |