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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 Gulf Resort Beach (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 Gulf Resort Beach. 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.

Name Variations for Gulf Resort Beach ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Gulf Resort Beach: Gulf Resort Bch.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Gulf Resort Beach is located in Bay 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 Bay County: Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Walton & Washington.

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

  • Bay County     (The home county of Gulf Resort Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Resort Beach, with the one closest to Gulf Resort Beach listed first.
    • Laguna Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunnyside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Panama City Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • West Panama City Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Upper Grand Lagoon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Upper Grand Lagoon is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Grand Lagoon
    • Lower Grand Lagoon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lower Grand Lagoon is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Grand Lagoon
    • Magnolia Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Magnolia Beach is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Beach
    • Pretty Bayou
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Pretty Bayou is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Bayou
    • Lynn Haven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Panama City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hiland Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Hiland Park is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiland Park
    • Southport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Vicksburg ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Vicksburg is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
      • Former name for Vicksburg:
      • Vickerburg
  • Walton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Resort Beach, with the one closest to Gulf Resort Beach listed first.
    • Inlet Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Alys Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosemary Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Seagrove Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Point Washington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Seaside
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grayton Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Mountain Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Freeport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Santa Rosa Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Portland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Portland is located in Walton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Four Mile Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Four Mile Village is located in Walton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Village
    • Sandestin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Resort Beach, with the one closest to Gulf Resort Beach listed first.
    • Ebro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Ebro is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ebro <1>
    • Millers Ferry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Millers Ferry is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
    • Coosada Old Town ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Coosada Old Town is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosada Old Town
    • Vernon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Gulf Resort Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gulf Resort Beach.

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 Gulf Resort Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gulf Resort Beach, with the one closest to Gulf Resort Beach listed first.

  • Evergreen Memorial Gardens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bay Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Redwood Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Lynn Haven Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Millville Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Ebro Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Marywood Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Memorial Gardens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Sand Hill Community Church Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Community Church Cemetery
    • The Sand Hill Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Kingdom Life Ministries Cemetery
    • Victory Faith Tabernacle Cemetery
    • Victory of Faith Fellowship Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267647 <2>
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...

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 Gulf Resort Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gulf Resort Beach.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Gulf Resort Beach, with the one closest to Gulf Resort Beach listed first.

  • Freeport
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Millers Ferry
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Millers Ferry is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
  • Redbay
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Redbay is located in Walton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbay
  • Portland
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Portland is located in Walton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
  • Knox Hill
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • 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 Gulf Resort Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gulf Resort Beach.

Newspapers Published in Gulf Resort Beach ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gulf Resort Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gulf Resort Beach, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gulf Resort Beach.

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 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 Gulf Resort Beach:

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 Gulf Resort Beach, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gulf Resort Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.