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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Fort Bayou. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fort Bayou to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Bayou, please Contact Us.

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 Fort Bayou (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 Fort Bayou. 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 Fort Bayou ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Bayou: Ft. Bayou

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Fort Bayou is historic, it would have been located within present day Jackson County.

To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Mobile (AL), George, Harrison & Stone.

Below are the counties that are near Fort Bayou. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Bayou:

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Fort Bayou)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Bayou, with the one closest to Fort Bayou listed first.
    • Fountainebleau
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainebleau
      • Fountainebleau is located in Jackson County
    • Hickory Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
      • Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
    • Martin Bluff
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
      • Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
    • Gautier
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gautier have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gautier
      • Gautier is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gautier <3>
    • Gulf Park Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gulf Park Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
      • Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
    • Ocean Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Springs
      • Ocean Springs is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,791 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean Springs <3>
    • Vancleave
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Gulf Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
      • Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
    • Saint Martin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
      • Saint Martin is located in Jackson County
    • Latimer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
      • Latimer is located in Jackson County
    • Escatawpa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escatawpa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
      • Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
    • Coll Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coll Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
      • Coll Town is located in Jackson County
  • George County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Bayou, with the one closest to Fort Bayou listed first.
    • Agricola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Howell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
      • Howell is located in George County
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Bayou, with the one closest to Fort Bayou listed first.
    • Biloxi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi
      • Biloxi is located in Harrison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biloxi <3>
    • D'Iberville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for D'Iberville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Iberville
      • D'Iberville is located in Harrison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,981 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for D'Iberville <3>
    • Beauvoir
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
      • Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
    • Coalville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
      • Coalville is located in Harrison County
    • Wool Market
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
      • Wool Market is located in Harrison County
      • Wool Market has also been known as:
      • Woolmarket
    • Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lorraine Community have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
      • Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
    • Mississippi City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
      • Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
    • Gulfport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • North Gulfport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Gulfport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gulfport
      • North Gulfport is located in Harrison County
    • Lyman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Lyman is located in Harrison County
    • Wortham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
      • Wortham is located in Harrison County
    • Long Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
      • Long Beach is located in Harrison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,125 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Beach <3>
  • Stone County
    • McHenry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
      • McHenry is located in Stone County
  • Mobile County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Bayou, with the one closest to Fort Bayou listed first.
    • Grand Bay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bay
      • Grand Bay is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Bay <3>
    • Bayou La Batre
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou La Batre have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou La Batre
      • Bayou La Batre is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayou La Batre <3>
    • Saint Elmo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
      • Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County (AL)
    • Coden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coden
      • Coden is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coden <3>
    • Irvington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irvington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
      • Irvington is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvington <3>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Bayou, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Bayou.

Newspapers Published in Fort Bayou ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Bayou.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Bayou, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Bayou.

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 Fort Bayou:

Cemeteries Near Fort Bayou ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Bayou.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fort Bayou covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Bayou, with the one closest to Fort Bayou listed first.

  • Antioch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
  • Martin Bluff Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Bluff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Bluff Cemetery
  • Old Shiloh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Shiloh Cemetery
  • Carter Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
  • Bellande Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Pinecrest Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinecrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinecrest Cemetery
  • Good Hope Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
  • Seymour Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seymour Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seymour Cemetery
  • Griffin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • New Fayard Methodist Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Fayard Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Latimer.
    • The New Fayard Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Fayard United Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Fayard Methodist Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160864 <5>
  • Continue List   (172 more) ...
    • Biloxi Jewish Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Old Spanish Fort Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Spanish Fort Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Spanish Fort Cemetery
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery

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.

Fort Bayou itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Bayou, with the one closest to Fort Bayou listed first.

  • Ocean Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Springs
    • Ocean Springs is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,791 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean Springs <3>
  • Vancleave
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Biloxi
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi
    • Biloxi is located in Harrison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,127 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biloxi <3>
  • Escatawpa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escatawpa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
    • Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
  • Pascagoula
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Moss Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moss Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Point
    • Moss Point is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,226 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moss Point <3>
  • Three Rivers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
    • Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
  • Beauvoir
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
    • Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
  • Orange Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
    • Orange Grove is located in Jackson County
  • Wool Market
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
    • Wool Market is located in Harrison County
    • Wool Market has also been known as:
    • Woolmarket
  • De Buys
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Buys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Buys
    • De Buys is located in Harrison County
  • Handsboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Handsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsboro
    • Handsboro is located in Harrison County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Mississippi City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
      • Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
    • Americus ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Americus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
      • Americus is located in Jackson County
    • Gulfport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

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

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.ms.us/

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fort Bayou, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Fort Bayou) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Bayou. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4474, Longitude: -88.7181       In this case, the coordinates for Fort Bayou have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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