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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 Aston Villas (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 Aston Villas. 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 and doctors 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.

Aston Villas 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 Aston Villas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aston Villas:

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Aston Villas)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aston Villas, with the one closest to Aston Villas listed first.
    • Westchase
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Westchase is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchase
    • Fawn Ridge Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Fawn Ridge Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Ridge Village
    • Canterbury Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Canterbury Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
    • Royal Troon Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Royal Troon Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Troon Village
    • Northlake Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Northlake Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake Village
    • West Waters Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • West Waters Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Waters Village
    • Indian Lakes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Indian Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lakes
    • Logan Gate Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Logan Gate Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Gate Village
    • Eaglebrook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Eaglebrook is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglebrook
    • Bayport Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayport Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport Village
    • Bayside Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayside Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
    • Mecca City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mecca City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca City
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aston Villas, with the one closest to Aston Villas listed first.
    • Masaryktown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Timber Pines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
    • Hernando Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Weeki Wachee Acres
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Weeki Wachee Acres is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Acres
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aston Villas, with the one closest to Aston Villas listed first.
    • Trinity
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Beacon Square
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
    • Elfers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • New Port Richey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jasmine Estates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
    • Port Richey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Bayonet Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aston Villas, with the one closest to Aston Villas listed first.
    • Oldsmar
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • East Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Safety Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • Dunedin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Ozona
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Palm Harbor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cove Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cove Springs is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
    • Tarpon Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • High Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • South Highpoint
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint

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

Cemeteries Near Aston Villas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aston Villas.

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 Aston Villas - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Parklawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Parklawn Memory Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Curlew Hills Memory Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Dunedin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • McMullen Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cycadia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dunedin Highland Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lake Carroll Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (71 more) ...
    • Marti Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • American Legion Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Beth Israel Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>

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 Aston Villas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aston Villas.

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

  • Keystone Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Odessa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tampa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Ybor City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Port Tampa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Port Richey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ehren
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ehren is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
  • Mango
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Thonotosassa
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Limona
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Hudson
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Brandon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Seffner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Peru ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Valrico
      (25 miles [40.2 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 Aston Villas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aston Villas.

Newspapers Published in Aston Villas ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aston Villas.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aston Villas, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aston Villas.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Aston Villas:

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 Aston Villas, 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- Aston Villas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.