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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 Francisco Barrios Grant (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 Francisco Barrios Grant. 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.

Francisco Barrios Grant is located in Escambia 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 Escambia County: Baldwin (AL), Escambia (AL) & Santa Rosa.

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

  • Escambia County     (The home county of Francisco Barrios Grant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Francisco Barrios Grant, with the one closest to Francisco Barrios Grant listed first.
    • Sand Cut ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Sand Cut is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
    • Warrington
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Warrington is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
    • Myrtle Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Myrtle Grove is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
    • Sanders Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanders Beach is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Beach
    • West Pensacola
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • West Pensacola is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pensacola
    • Gulf Beach Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gulf Beach Heights is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach Heights
    • Perdido Key
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Bellview is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
    • Gulf Beach ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Gulf Beach is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach
    • Pensacola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tristan Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Tristan Village is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristan Village
    • Goulding
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Goulding is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
  • Santa Rosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Francisco Barrios Grant, with the one closest to Francisco Barrios Grant listed first.
    • Gulf Breeze
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Pace
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Galt City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
    • Bagdad
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Navarre
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Milton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Milton is located in Santa Rosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,785 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
  • Baldwin County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Francisco Barrios Grant, with the one closest to Francisco Barrios Grant listed first.
    • Lillian
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lillian is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
    • Perdido Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Perdido Beach is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdido Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
    • Seminole
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Seminole is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
    • Orange Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Elberta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Elberta is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elberta <1>
    • Foley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Foley is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,446 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foley <1>
    • Gulf Shores
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bon Secour
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Summerdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Oyster Bay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Oyster Bay is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay
    • Robertsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Magnolia Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Francisco Barrios Grant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Francisco Barrios Grant.

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 Francisco Barrios Grant - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Francisco Barrios Grant, with the one closest to Francisco Barrios Grant listed first.

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 Francisco Barrios Grant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Francisco Barrios Grant.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Francisco Barrios Grant, with the one closest to Francisco Barrios Grant listed first.

  • Millview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Millview is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
  • Warrington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Warrington is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
  • Perdido Key
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pensacola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Goulding
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Goulding is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
  • Brent
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Brent is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
  • Olive
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Olive is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
  • Josephine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Josephine is located in Baldwin County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
  • Bohemia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bohemia is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
  • Ferry Pass
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
  • Yniestra
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Yniestra is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yniestra
  • Muscogee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Muscogee is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Cantonment
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Swift
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Swift is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
    • Quintette
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Quintette is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette

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

Newspapers Published in Francisco Barrios Grant ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Francisco Barrios Grant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Francisco Barrios Grant, 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 Francisco Barrios Grant.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Francisco Barrios Grant:

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 Francisco Barrios Grant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Francisco Barrios Grant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.