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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 Bailey Hall (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 Bailey Hall. 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 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.

Bailey Hall is located in Sarasota 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 Sarasota County: Charlotte, DeSoto & Manatee.

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

  • Sarasota County     (The home county of Bailey Hall)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bailey Hall, with the one closest to Bailey Hall listed first.
    • South Sarasota
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • South Sarasota is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sarasota
    • Siesta Key
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ridge Wood Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Ridge Wood Heights is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Wood Heights
    • Southgate
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Southgate is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate
    • Gulf Gate Estates
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulf Gate Estates is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Gate Estates
    • South Gate Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • South Gate Ridge is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Ridge
    • Sarasota
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bee Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Bee Ridge is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
    • Sarasota Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Sarasota Springs is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarasota Springs
    • Pinecraft
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Vamo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Vamo is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vamo
    • Fruitville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Charlotte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bailey Hall, with the one closest to Bailey Hall listed first.
    • Manasota Key
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grove City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • El Jobean
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bailey Hall, with the one closest to Bailey Hall listed first.
    • Fort Dade ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Dade is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dade
    • Sun City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Gulf City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
    • Manatee Harbor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Manatee Harbor is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Harbor
    • Bayou Pass Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bayou Pass Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pass Village
    • Park Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Park Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bailey Hall, with the one closest to Bailey Hall listed first.
    • Longboat Key
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tallevast
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Whitfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Whitfield is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
    • Bayshore Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Bayshore Gardens is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayshore Gardens
    • Oneco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Samoset
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Samoset is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • South Bradenton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • South Bradenton is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradenton
    • West Samoset
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • West Samoset is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Samoset
    • Lakewood Ranch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitney Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bradenton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cortez
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinellas County

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

Cemeteries Near Bailey Hall ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bailey Hall.

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 Bailey Hall - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sarasota Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Palms Memorial Park Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Palms Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Galilee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bethel Mennonite Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sarasota National Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Manatee Memorial Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Braden River Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Major Adams Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Adams & Rogers Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams & Rogers Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams & Rogers Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bradenton.
    • The Adams & Rogers Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Adams Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989096 <2>
  • Fogartyville Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Palma Sola Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Venice Memorial Gardens
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mansion Memorial Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Bradenton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Manatee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Manatee is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee
  • Palma Sola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Palmetto
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ellenton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Rye
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rye is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
  • Erie
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Erie is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Terra Ceia
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Sandy
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Sandy is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
  • Grove City
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gulf City
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City

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

Newspapers Published in Bailey Hall ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bailey Hall.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bailey Hall, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bailey Hall.

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 Bailey Hall:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bailey Hall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Bailey Hall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.