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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 Bay Hill (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 Bay Hill. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Bay Hill is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Brevard, Lake, Osceola, Polk & Seminole.

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

  • Orange County     (The home county of Bay Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Hill, with the one closest to Bay Hill listed first.
    • Doctor Phillips
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doctor Phillips have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Phillips
      • Doctor Phillips is located in Orange County
    • Lake Butter
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Butter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Butter
      • Lake Butter is located in Orange County
    • Windermere
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Tangelo Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tangelo Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangelo Park
      • Tangelo Park is located in Orange County
    • Gotha
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Oak Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
      • Oak Ridge is located in Orange County
    • Minorville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minorville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
      • Minorville is located in Orange County
    • Orlovista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orlovista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlovista
      • Orlovista is located in Orange County
    • Lake Buena Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Buena Vista
      • Lake Buena Vista is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
    • Williamsburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Williamsburg is located in Orange County
    • Bay Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
      • Bay Lake is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Ocoee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
      • Ocoee is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <2>
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Hill, with the one closest to Bay Hill listed first.
    • Four Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waits Junction
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waits Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County
    • Montverde
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ferndale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Minneola
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clermont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Astatula
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Jem
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jem
      • Lake Jem is located in Lake County
    • Groveland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Plymouth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Plymouth
      • Mount Plymouth is located in Lake County
    • Sorrento
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Howey-in-the-Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Mascotte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Hill, with the one closest to Bay Hill listed first.
    • Celebration
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Kissimmee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Campbell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Campbell is located in Osceola County
    • Intercession City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Reunion
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • ChampionsGate
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
    • Saint Cloud
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Poinciana Place
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poinciana Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Place
      • Poinciana Place is located in Osceola County
    • Poinciana
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Runnymede
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Runnymede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Hill, with the one closest to Bay Hill listed first.
    • Loughman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Davenport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Lake Hammock Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hammock Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hammock Village
      • Lake Hammock Village is located in Polk County
    • Haines City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Polk City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Hamilton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Lake Alfred
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Hill, with the one closest to Bay Hill listed first.
    • Forest City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
    • Fern Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wekiwa Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Altamonte Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Casselberry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Longwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Winter Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Heathrow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lake Mary
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Oviedo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oviedo
      • Oviedo is located in Seminole County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oviedo <2>
    • Cameron City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron City
      • Cameron City is located in Seminole County
    • Chuluota
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumter County
    • Mabel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
      • Mabel is located in Sumter County
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Hill, with the one closest to Bay Hill listed first.
    • Valdez
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
      • Valdez is located in Volusia County
    • Fort Florida
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
    • De Bary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Bay Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bay Hill.

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

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

  • Doctor Phillips Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodlawn Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Winter Garden Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winter Garden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winter Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodlawn Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ocoee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocoee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocoee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Orange Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Orange Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Orange Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Washington Park Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Doctor Phillips Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Taft Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taft Memorial Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taft Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Taft.
    • The Taft Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Taft Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1217063 <4>
  • Williams Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (73 more) ...
    • West Orange Memorial Gardens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Orange Memorial Gardens
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Orange Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Howard Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lock Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lock Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

  • Windermere
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Gotha
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Minorville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minorville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
    • Minorville is located in Orange County
  • Ocoee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
    • Ocoee is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <2>
  • Winter Garden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Crown Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
    • Crown Point is located in Orange County
  • Tildenville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tildenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tildenville
    • Tildenville is located in Orange County
  • Pine Castle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Orlando
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Killarney
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Clarcona
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Conway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Conway is located in Orange County
    • Kissimmee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Piedmont
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
      • Piedmont is located in Orange County

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

Newspapers Published in Bay Hill ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bay Hill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bay Hill.

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 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 Bay Hill:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bay Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.orangecountyfl.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Bay Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Bay Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bay Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.4681, Longitude: -81.5162       In this case, the coordinates for Bay Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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