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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Avon Park (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 Avon Park. 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.

Avon Park is located in Broward 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 Broward County: Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade & Palm Beach.

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

  • Broward County     (The home county of Avon Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Avon Park, with the one closest to Avon Park listed first.
    • Estates of Fort Lauderdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Ravenswood Estates
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Ravenswood Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Estates
    • Dania
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Dania is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dania
    • Oak Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Oak Point is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
    • Chambers Estates
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Chambers Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Estates
    • Edgewater
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Edgewater is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
    • Chula Vista
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Chula Vista is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula Vista
    • Hacienda Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hacienda Village is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
    • Dania Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Boulevard Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Boulevard Gardens is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulevard Gardens
    • Melrose Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Melrose Park is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
    • Broadview Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Broadview Park is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview Park
    • Fern Crest Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fern Crest Village is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Crest Village
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Avon Park, with the one closest to Avon Park listed first.
    • Andover
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Aventura
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ives Estates
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
    • Golden Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
    • Norland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • Ojus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lake Lucerne
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • North Miami Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Scott Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
    • Sunny Isles Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Sunny Isles Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Isles Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,634 people
      • Sunny Isles Beach has also been known as:
      • Sunny Isles
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunny Isles Beach <1>
    • Carol City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Miami Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bunche Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Avon Park, with the one closest to Avon Park listed first.
    • Boca Pointe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Boca Del Mar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Boca Raton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Boca West
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Mission Bay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Whisper Walk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
    • Highland Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Yamato
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato
    • Kings Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • High Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • High Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Villages of Oriole
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Villages of Oriole is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villages of Oriole

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

Cemeteries Near Avon Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Avon Park.

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 Avon Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sharon Gardens Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lauderdale Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hollywood Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Westlawn Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lauderdale Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...
    • Southern Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Southern Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in North Miami Beach.
      • The Southern Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Caballero Rivero Southern Memorial Park
      • Memorial Plan Southern Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640549 <2>
    • Dade Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Miami Shores Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

  • Miami
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Avon Park ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Avon Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Avon Park, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Avon Park.

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 helpful 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 Avon Park:

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 Avon Park, 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' (or 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- Avon Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.