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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 Buckhead Ridge (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 Buckhead Ridge. 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.

Name Variations for Buckhead Ridge ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Buckhead Ridge: Buckhead Rdg. (or less commonly used: Buckhead Rdge. or Buckhead Ridg.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Buckhead Ridge is located in Glades 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 Glades County: Charlotte, DeSoto, Hendry, Highlands, Lee, Martin, Okeechobee & Palm Beach.

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

  • Glades County     (The home county of Buckhead Ridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhead Ridge, with the one closest to Buckhead Ridge listed first.
    • Lakeport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Moore Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Palmdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hendry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhead Ridge, with the one closest to Buckhead Ridge listed first.
    • Clewiston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Harlem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
      • Harlem is located in Hendry County
  • Highlands County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhead Ridge, with the one closest to Buckhead Ridge listed first.
    • Archbold
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archbold
      • Archbold is located in Highlands County
    • Venus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Lorida
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sylvan Shores
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvan Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Shores
      • Sylvan Shores is located in Highlands County
    • Lake Placid
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhead Ridge, with the one closest to Buckhead Ridge listed first.
    • Port Mayaca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Indiantown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Okeechobee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhead Ridge, with the one closest to Buckhead Ridge listed first.
    • Okeechobee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Taylor Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Creek
      • Taylor Creek is located in Okeechobee County
    • Cypress Quarters
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
      • Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhead Ridge, with the one closest to Buckhead Ridge listed first.
    • Canal Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bryant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pahokee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fremd Village - Padgett Island
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fremd Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fremd Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremd Village
      • Fremd Village is located in Palm Beach County
    • Lake Harbor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Buckhead Ridge ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckhead Ridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buckhead Ridge, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buckhead Ridge.

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 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 Buckhead Ridge:

Cemeteries Near Buckhead Ridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckhead Ridge.

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 Buckhead Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Basinger Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Basinger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Basinger Cemetery
  • Port Mayaca Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ridgelawn Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridgelawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridgelawn Cemetery

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>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- Buckhead Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buckhead Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.1297, Longitude: -80.8939    
<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.




 

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