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 Pineville (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 Pineville. 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.
Pineville 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 Pineville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pineville:
- Escambia County (The home county of Pineville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineville, with the one closest to Pineville listed first.
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Byrneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Byrneville is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrneville
- McDavid
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McDavid is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid
- Barrineau Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
- Pine Barren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Century
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Molino
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Quintette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Muscogee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Cantonment
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gonzalez
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
- Santa Rosa County
- Jay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Baldwin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineville, with the one closest to Pineville listed first.
- Phillipsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- Perdido
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bay Minette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse Forks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
- Stapleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Latham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Latham is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Bromley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- Tensaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tensaw is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
- Loxley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksher
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blacksher is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
- Robertsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Spanish Fort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Escambia County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineville, with the one closest to Pineville listed first.
- Atmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flomaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Huxford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Huxford is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
- Pollard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pollard is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Hammac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hammac is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
- Mobile County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineville, with the one closest to Pineville listed first.
- Creola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Creola is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Axis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Axis is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
- Barry Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barry Village is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
- Bucks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chastang
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chastang is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
- Mount Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Movico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Movico is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Movico
- Satsuma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Calvert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mobile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chickasaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saraland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineville, with the one closest to Pineville listed first.
- Uriah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pineville, see our County-by-County Page for Pineville.
Cemeteries Near Pineville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pineville.
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 Pineville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pineville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pineville, with the one closest to Pineville listed first.
- Dry Spring Community Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Halls Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northwest of Molino.
- The Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1404411 <3>
- Perdido Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Perdido Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nokomis Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (150 more) ...
- Bryars McGill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McGill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cain Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Pineville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pineville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pineville, with the one closest to Pineville listed first.
- Perdido
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Carney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carney is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
- Bay Minette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gateswood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gateswood is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateswood
- D'Olive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- D'Olive is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Olive
- McDavid
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McDavid is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid
- Pine Barren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Bluff Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bluff Springs is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
- Stockton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Molino
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Latham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Latham is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Bromley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rosinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rosinton is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosinton
- Flomaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tensaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tensaw is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pineville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pineville.
Newspapers Published in Pineville ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pineville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pineville, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pineville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pineville:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Escambia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Santa Rosa County
- Baldwin County
- Escambia County
- Mobile 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pineville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Pineville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |