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 Pine Forest (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 Pine Forest. 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 Pine Forest ...
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 Pine Forest: Pine Frst.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Forest. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Forest.
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.
Pine Forest 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 Pine Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Forest:
- Escambia County (The home county of Pine Forest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Forest, with the one closest to Pine Forest listed first.
- Ensley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Olive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Gonzalez
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
- Bellview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bellview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Brent
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Tristan Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tristan Village is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristan Village
- Ferry Pass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Cantonment
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Myrtle Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Myrtle Grove is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
- Sand Cut ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Cut is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
- West Pensacola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Pensacola is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pensacola
- Goulding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goulding is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
- Santa Rosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Forest, with the one closest to Pine Forest listed first.
- Pace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gulf Breeze
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Galt City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Bagdad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Milton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Baldwin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Forest, with the one closest to Pine Forest listed first.
- Seminole
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seminole is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
- Lillian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lillian is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
- Perdido Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perdido Beach is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdido Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
- Elberta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summerdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Foley
(23 miles [37 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>
- Robertsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Silverhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Loxley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bon Secour
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf Shores
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Forest.
Cemeteries Near Pine Forest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Forest.
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 Pine Forest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Forest, with the one closest to Pine Forest listed first.
- Pensacola Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jordan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Resthaven Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Haven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spreull Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Milsted Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Santa Marie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Muscogee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (80 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Pine Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Forest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Forest, with the one closest to Pine Forest listed first.
- Olive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Brent
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Cantonment
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ferry Pass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Millview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Millview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Goulding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goulding is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
- Muscogee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Warrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Warrington is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
- Pensacola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bohemia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bohemia is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Yniestra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Yniestra is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yniestra
- Quintette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Molino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Perdido Key
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Galt City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Forest.
Newspapers Published in Pine Forest ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Forest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Forest, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Forest.
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 helpful 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 Pine Forest:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Escambia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Santa Rosa County
- Baldwin 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 Pine Forest, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |