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 Mount Carmel (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 Mount Carmel. 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 Mount Carmel ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Carmel: Mt. Carmel
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Carmel. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Carmel.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Mount Carmel is located in Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa County: Escambia (AL), Escambia & Okaloosa.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Carmel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Carmel:
- Santa Rosa County (The home county of Mount Carmel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carmel, with the one closest to Mount Carmel listed first.
- Jay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jay is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Belandville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Belandville is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belandville
- Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bagdad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Harold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Galt City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Escambia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carmel, with the one closest to Mount Carmel listed first.
- Century
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Byrneville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Byrneville is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrneville
- McDavid
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- McDavid is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid
- Pine Barren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Molino
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quintette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Walnut Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Barrineau Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
- Gonzalez
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
- Cantonment
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Muscogee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Okaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carmel, with the one closest to Mount Carmel listed first.
- Otahite ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Otahite is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otahite
- Cannon Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cannon Town is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Town
- Baker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin County (AL)
- Perdido
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Conecuh County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carmel, with the one closest to Mount Carmel listed first.
- Castleberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Castleberry is located in Conecuh County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Range
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Range is located in Conecuh County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Lenox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Johnsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonville is located in Conecuh County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Nymph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nymph is located in Conecuh County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nymph
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sparta is located in Conecuh County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta has also been known as:
- Old Sparta
- Jay Villa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jay Villa is located in Conecuh County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Villa
- Brooklyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Conecuh County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Belleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Belleville is located in Conecuh County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Repton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Covington County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carmel, with the one closest to Mount Carmel listed first.
- Falco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Falco is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falco
- Wing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wing is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Escambia County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Carmel, with the one closest to Mount Carmel listed first.
- Pollard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pollard is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Riverview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- East Brewton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flomaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brewton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hammac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hammac is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
- Roberts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Atmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bradley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bradley is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Huxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huxford is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
- Monroe County (AL)
- Goodway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goodway is located in Monroe County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Carmel, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Carmel.
Cemeteries Near Mount Carmel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Carmel.
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 Mount Carmel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Carmel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Carmel, with the one closest to Mount Carmel listed first.
- Henderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Odom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Fidelis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dixonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pollard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cora Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Travis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Travis Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Catawba Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Level Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Mount Carmel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Carmel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Carmel, with the one closest to Mount Carmel listed first.
- Pollard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pollard is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Berrydale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berrydale is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrydale
- Flomaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brewton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bluff Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bluff Springs is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
- Hammac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hammac is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
- McDavid
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- McDavid is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid
- Chumuckla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chumuckla is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumuckla
- Roberts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Kirkland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kirkland is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Wallace
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wallace is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Boykin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Boykin is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pine Barren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Otahite ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Otahite is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otahite
- Molino
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Carmel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Carmel.
Newspapers Published in Mount Carmel ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Carmel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Carmel, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Carmel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Mount Carmel:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Santa Rosa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Escambia County
- Okaloosa County
- Baldwin County
- Conecuh County
- Covington County
- Escambia County
- Monroe 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> | 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 Mount Carmel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mount Carmel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |