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 Piney Grove (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 Piney Grove. 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 Piney Grove ...
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 Piney Grove: Piney Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Piney Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Piney Grove.
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 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.
Piney Grove is located in Walton 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 Walton County: Covington (AL), Geneva (AL), Bay, Holmes, Okaloosa & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Piney Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Piney Grove:
- Walton County (The home county of Piney Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- De Funiak Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mossy Head
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Knox Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knox Hill is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Hill
- Paxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Portland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Portland is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Freeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Santa Rosa Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Point Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Ponce de Leon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cerrogordo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cerrogordo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Westville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Izagora
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Izagora is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Izagora
- Bonifay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Okaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Svea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Svea is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svea
- Laurel Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Crestview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Niceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valparaiso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milligan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Coosada Old Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Coosada Old Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosada Old Town
- Caryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Five Points
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Millers Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millers Ferry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ebro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brock Crossroad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brock Crossroad is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock Crossroad
- Coffee County (AL)
- Kinston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Covington County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Florala
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lockhart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lockhart is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
- Beulah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beulah is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Onycha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Onycha is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onycha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Red Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Geneva County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Samson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eunola ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Eunola is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunola
- Costilla ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Costilla is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costilla
- Black
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Coffee Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Chancellor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chancellor is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Piney Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Piney Grove.
Cemeteries Near Piney Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Piney Grove.
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 Piney Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Piney Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Ray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Padgett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Broxton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leonia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ponce de Leon Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Home Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (104 more) ...
- Merrill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crowder Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Royals Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Piney Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Piney Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ealum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ealum is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ealum
- Gordon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Mossy Head
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eucheeanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eucheeanna is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eucheeanna
- Ponce de Leon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cerrogordo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cerrogordo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Knox Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knox Hill is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Hill
- Westville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Redbay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Redbay is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbay
- Izagora
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Izagora is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Izagora
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Vaughanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughanville is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughanville
- Florala
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Caryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Piney Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piney Grove.
Newspapers Published in Piney Grove ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Piney Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Piney Grove, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Piney Grove.
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 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 Piney Grove:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Walton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Holmes County
- Okaloosa County
- Washington County
- Coffee County
- Covington County
- Geneva 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 Piney Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Piney Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |