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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 Anita (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 Anita. 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 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.

Anita is located in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas & Polk.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Anita)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anita, with the one closest to Anita listed first.
    • Barr City
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Barr City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr City
    • Culbreath Isles
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Culbreath Isles is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Isles
    • Culbreath Bayou
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Culbreath Bayou is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Bayou
    • Gray Gables
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gray Gables is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables
    • Port Tampa
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
    • Bungalow City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bungalow City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungalow City
    • Courier City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Courier City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courier City
    • Park City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Park City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • West Tampa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tampa
    • Drew Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Drew Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Park
    • Rocky Point Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Rocky Point Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Village
    • Richardsons Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Richardsons Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsons Village
    • Holiday Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Holiday Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anita, with the one closest to Anita listed first.
    • Parrish
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Terra Ceia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Memphis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Memphis is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
    • Ellenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Palmetto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Palma Sola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Bradenton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • West Bradenton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • West Bradenton is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bradenton
    • Anna Maria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Samoset
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Samoset is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • Holmes Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • South Bradenton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • South Bradenton is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradenton
    • West Samoset
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • West Samoset is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Samoset
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anita, with the one closest to Anita listed first.
    • Odessa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Trinity
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Holiday
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Elfers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Beacon Square
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
    • Wesley Chapel South
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
    • Wesley Chapel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • New Port Richey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Jasmine Estates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
    • Port Richey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anita, with the one closest to Anita listed first.
    • Gandy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • Feather Sound
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lealman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lealman is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
    • Pinellas Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Petersburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • High Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • South Highpoint
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
    • Oldsmar
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Safety Harbor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • Four Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Kenneth City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gulfport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anita, with the one closest to Anita listed first.
    • Nichols
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Willow Oak
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak

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

Cemeteries Near Anita ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anita.

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 Anita - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • American Legion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Marti Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old)
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old) is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old) has also been known as:
    • Old Centro Asturiano Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2346261 <2>
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
  • Beth Israel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Israel Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth Israel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Beth Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2425075 <2>
  • Showmans Rest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Centro Espanol Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro Espanol Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Centro Espanol Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Centro Espanol Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cemeterio Espanol
    • Centro Espanol Memorial Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2355874 <2>
  • La Unione Italiana Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Unione Italiana Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the La Unione Italiana Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The La Unione Italiana Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Italian Clud Cemetery
    • L'Unione Italiana Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979335 <2>
  • Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Centro Espanol Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro Espanol Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Centro Espanol Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Centro Espanol Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Centro Espanol Cemetery
    • Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71837 <2>
  • Continue List   (80 more) ...
    • Garden of Memories
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Memories
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Garden of Memories is a very large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
      • The Garden of Memories has also been known as:
      • Garden of Memories Cemetery
      • Tampa Garden of Memories Cemetery
      • Tampa Garden of Memories
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72022 <2>
    • The Home Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Home Cemetery
      • The Home Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Oakland Cemetery
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Anita in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Anita.

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

  • Port Tampa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Ybor City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Tampa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <1>
  • Peru ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Limona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Gulf City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
  • Brandon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Mango
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Seffner
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bloomingdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
  • Valrico
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Thonotosassa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Keystone Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
    • Sydney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Odessa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Anita:

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 Anita, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.