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Introduction ...

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

We've added Acron to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Acron, 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 Acron (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 Acron. 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.

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

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter & Volusia.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Acron ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Acron.

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 Acron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Ponceannah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ponceannah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ponceannah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shockley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shockley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shockley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Altoona Hinson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Altoona Hinson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Altoona Hinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cassia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cassia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cassia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Glendale Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glendale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glendale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seneca Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seneca Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seneca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seminole Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seminole Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seminole Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beresford Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Umatilla Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Umatilla Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Umatilla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Astor Park Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Astor Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Astor Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baker Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (98 more) ...

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.

While we didn't find Acron in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Acron.

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

  • Paisley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Saint Francis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Francis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
    • Saint Francis is located in Lake County
  • Crows Bluff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crows Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Bluff
    • Crows Bluff is located in Lake County
  • Pittman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman
    • Pittman is located in Lake County
  • Altoona
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cassia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cassia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
    • Cassia is located in Lake County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cassia
    • From Acron to Cassia
  • Umatilla
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Seneca
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
    • Seneca is located in Lake County
  • Beresford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Highland Park ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Astor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Fatio
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fatio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fatio
    • Fatio is located in Volusia County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Acron ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Acron.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Acron, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Acron.

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 websites either 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 Acron:

The official website for Lake County: www.lakegovernment.com/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

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 Acron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Acron) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Acron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.0021, Longitude: -81.5205    









 

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