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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 The Village of Baytowne Wharf (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 The Village of Baytowne Wharf. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

The Village of Baytowne Wharf 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 The Village of Baytowne Wharf. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Village of Baytowne Wharf:

  • Walton County     (The home county of The Village of Baytowne Wharf)
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Village of Baytowne Wharf, with the one closest to The Village of Baytowne Wharf listed first.
    • Sandestin
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Four Mile Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Four Mile Village is located in Walton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Village
    • Miramar Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Santa Rosa Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Blue Mountain Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Grayton Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Seaside
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Portland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Portland is located in Walton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Point Washington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Seagrove Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Freeport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Alys Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Rosemary Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Village of Baytowne Wharf, with the one closest to The Village of Baytowne Wharf listed first.
    • Sunnyside
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Laguna Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Okaloosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Village of Baytowne Wharf, with the one closest to The Village of Baytowne Wharf listed first.
    • Destin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Destin is located in Okaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,284 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Destin <1>
    • Niceville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Valparaiso
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Eglin Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Eglin Village is located in Okaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglin Village
    • Lake Lorraine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Lake Lorraine is located in Okaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lorraine
    • Shalimar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Cinco Bayou
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Cinco Bayou is located in Okaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Bayou
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
    • Fort Walton Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Ocean City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Ocean City is located in Okaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City
    • Wright
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Wright is located in Okaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
    • Mary Esther
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hurlburt Field
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Crestview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Village of Baytowne Wharf, with the one closest to The Village of Baytowne Wharf listed first.
    • Ebro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Coosada Old Town ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Coosada Old Town is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosada Old Town

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Village of Baytowne Wharf, see our County-by-County Page for The Village of Baytowne Wharf.

Cemeteries Near The Village of Baytowne Wharf ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Village of Baytowne Wharf.

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 The Village of Baytowne Wharf - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Village of Baytowne Wharf covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Village of Baytowne Wharf, with the one closest to The Village of Baytowne Wharf listed first.

  • Santa Rosa Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Black Oak Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hewas Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hatcher Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Early Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunset Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sweeney Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • New Home Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Beal Memorial Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Oak Ridge Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Dead River Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Redbay Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 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 The Village of Baytowne Wharf in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Village of Baytowne Wharf.

These communities are listed based on their distance from The Village of Baytowne Wharf, with the one closest to The Village of Baytowne Wharf listed first.

  • Portland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Portland is located in Walton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
  • Freeport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Eucheeanna
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Eucheeanna is located in Walton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eucheeanna
  • Mossy Head
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Redbay
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Redbay is located in Walton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbay
  • Knox Hill
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Knox Hill is located in Walton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Hill
  • Argyle
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Village of Baytowne Wharf. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Village of Baytowne Wharf.

Newspapers Published in The Village of Baytowne Wharf ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Village of Baytowne Wharf.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Village of Baytowne Wharf, 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 The Village of Baytowne Wharf.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 The Village of Baytowne Wharf:

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 The Village of Baytowne Wharf, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Village of Baytowne Wharf) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.