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Nearest Communities to Beech Creek,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Beech Creek, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Beech Creek:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Although our information shows that the community of Beech Creek is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Levy County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Levy County: Alachua, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist & Marion.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Beech Creek. Of these communities, 28 are located in counties other than Levy County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Beech Creek (which is Levy County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Beech Creek

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Levy County   (where Beech Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.levycounty.org/
    • County Seat for Levy:   Bronson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beech Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beech Creek.
      • Vista
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Vista is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Fowlers Bluff
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Fowlers Bluff is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Bluff
      • Wakasassa ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Wakasassa is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakasassa
      • Rosewood
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Rosewood is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
      • Sumner
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Sumner is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
      • Lukens
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Lukens is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukens
      • Cedar Key
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Usher
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Usher is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usher
      • Manatee Road
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Manatee Road is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Road
      • Ellzey
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Ellzey is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellzey
      • Chiefland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hardeetown
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hardeetown is located in Levy County
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      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Otter Creek
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Andrews
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Andrews is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
        • Gulf Hammock
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Beetree Ford
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Beetree Ford is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetree Ford
        • Bronson
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • East Bronson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • East Bronson is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
        • Meredith
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Meredith is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
        • Port Inglis
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Port Inglis is located in Levy County
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        • Yankeetown
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Williston Highlands
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
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        • Crackertown
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Crackertown is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackertown
  • Dixie County
    • County Website:   https://www.dixiecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Dixie:   Cross City
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the southwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beech Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beech Creek.
      • Suwannee
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Yellow Jacket
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Yellow Jacket is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Jacket
      • Shired Island
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Shired Island is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shired Island
      • Horseshoe Beach
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Horseshoe
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Horseshoe is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
      • Old Town
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Eugene
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Eugene is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
      • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
      • Cross City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Shamrock
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Shamrock is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
      • Dixietown
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Dixietown is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixietown
      • Fletcher
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Fletcher is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Broscan
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Broscan is located in Dixie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broscan
        • Jena
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Jena is located in Dixie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
        • Hines
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Hines is located in Dixie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
        • Jonesboro
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Jonesboro is located in Dixie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
        • Steward City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Steward City is located in Dixie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steward City
  • Gilchrist County
    • County Website:   https://gilchrist.fl.us/
    • County Seat for Gilchrist:   Trenton
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beech Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beech Creek.
      • Fanning Springs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Wilcox Junction
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Wilcox Junction is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Junction
      • Wilcox
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Wilcox is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
      • Lottieville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Lottieville is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottieville
      • Blitchville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Blitchville is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitchville
      • Trenton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Wannee
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Wannee is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wannee
      • Tyler
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Tyler is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Curtis
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Curtis is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
  • Suwannee County
  • Taylor County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beech Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Beech Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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