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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 Beachville (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 Beachville. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Beachville is located in Suwannee 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 Suwannee County: Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette & Madison.

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

  • Suwannee County     (The home county of Beachville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beachville, with the one closest to Beachville listed first.
    • Branford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • O'Brien
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • McAlpin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellborn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Padlock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Padlock is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
    • Live Oak
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Rixford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Rixford is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
    • Dowling Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dowling Park is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling Park
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beachville, with the one closest to Beachville listed first.
    • High Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Alachua
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnetts Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
    • Newberry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • La Crosse
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Hague
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
  • Baker County
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beachville, with the one closest to Beachville listed first.
    • Fort White
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Watertown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Watertown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
    • Five Points
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Five Points is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • McColskey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • McColskey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColskey
    • Lulu
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Dixie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beachville, with the one closest to Beachville listed first.
    • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
    • Old Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Cross City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilchrist County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beachville, with the one closest to Beachville listed first.
    • Little Lake City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
    • Bell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Bell is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell <1>
    • Waters Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
    • Trenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Fanning Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Hamilton County
    • White Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beachville, with the one closest to Beachville listed first.
    • Mayo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Mayo is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayo <1>
    • Buckville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Buckville is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
    • Day
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union County
    • Worthington Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Beachville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beachville.

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

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

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hunts Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Santa Fe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ichetucknee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ichetucknee Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ichetucknee Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Fort White.
  • O'Brien Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Grove Advent Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Old Fort White Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Athens Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Walker Creek Baptist Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hatchbend Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (126 more) ...
    • Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Maypop Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bethel Baptist Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Branford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • O'Brien
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort White
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Columbia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbia is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
  • McAlpin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mikesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mikesville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
  • Wellborn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Padlock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Padlock is located in Suwannee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
  • Lake City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Houston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Houston is located in Suwannee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
  • High Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Watertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Watertown is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Mayo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Mayo is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayo <1>
    • Luraville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Luraville is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luraville
    • Live Oak
      (21 miles [33.8 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 Beachville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beachville.

Newspapers Published in Beachville ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beachville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beachville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beachville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Beachville:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Beachville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Beachville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.