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 Darlington (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 Darlington. 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.
Darlington is located in Walton 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 Walton County: Covington (AL), Geneva (AL), Bay, Holmes, Okaloosa & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Darlington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Darlington:
- Walton County (The home county of Darlington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Argyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- De Funiak Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Paxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mossy Head
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knox Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Knox Hill is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Hill
- Portland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Portland is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Cerrogordo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cerrogordo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Izagora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Izagora is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Izagora
- Ponce de Leon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Esto
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Noma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Okaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Svea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Svea is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svea
- Laurel Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garden City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Caryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Coosada Old Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Coosada Old Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosada Old Town
- Five Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Millers Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millers Ferry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
- Brock Crossroad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brock Crossroad is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock Crossroad
- Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Kinston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alberton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alberton is located in Coffee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberton
- Goodman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Goodman is located in Coffee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
- Central City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Central City is located in Coffee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Battens Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Battens Crossroads is located in Coffee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battens Crossroads
- Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Covington County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Florala
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lockhart
(17 miles [27.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Onycha
(23 miles [37 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
- County Line
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- County Line is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Horn Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Horn Hill is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Opp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Opp is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,313 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opp <1>
- Red Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Babbie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Babbie is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Dale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Clayhatchee
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Level Plains is located in Dale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
- Geneva County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Samson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eunola ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eunola is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunola
- Costilla ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Costilla is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costilla
- Coffee Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Black
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Black is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Chancellor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chancellor is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
- Scranton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scranton is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Bellwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellwood is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Hartford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Slocomb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Darlington, see our County-by-County Page for Darlington.
Cemeteries Near Darlington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Darlington.
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 Darlington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Darlington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Padgett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Limestone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Broxton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Royals Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McDuffie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Merrill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McDuffie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ray Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Vaughanville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corner Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corner Creek Upper Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Darlington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Darlington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Vaughanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughanville is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughanville
- Marl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marl is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl
- Cerrogordo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cerrogordo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Geneva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Ealum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ealum is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ealum
- Izagora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Izagora is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Izagora
- Argyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ponce de Leon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florala
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Coffee Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Caryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Highfalls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Highfalls is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfalls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Darlington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Darlington.
Newspapers Published in Darlington ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Darlington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Darlington, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Darlington.
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 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 Darlington:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Walton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Holmes County
- Okaloosa County
- Washington County
- Coffee County
- Covington County
- Dale County
- Geneva 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> | 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 Darlington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Darlington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |