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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 Buckhorn Oaks (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 Buckhorn Oaks. 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 Buckhorn Oaks ...

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 occur.

Another variation: Buck Horn Oaks.

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 doctors 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.

Buckhorn Oaks is located in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas & Polk.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Buckhorn Oaks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhorn Oaks, with the one closest to Buckhorn Oaks listed first.
    • Valrico
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Valrico Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Valrico Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valrico Village
    • Bloomingdale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
    • Brandon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Durant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sydney
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Windhorst Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Windhorst Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windhorst Village
    • Bloomingdale Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloomingdale Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale Village
    • Brandon Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Brandon Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon Village
    • Dover
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lakeview Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeview Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
    • Seffner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian Hills is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhorn Oaks, with the one closest to Buckhorn Oaks listed first.
    • Duette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Parrish
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhorn Oaks, with the one closest to Buckhorn Oaks listed first.
    • Crystal Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Zephyrhills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Wesley Chapel South
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
    • Wesley Chapel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Richland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Richland is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Odessa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Leo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • San Antonio
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • San Antonio is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
      • Former name for San Antonio:
      • Lake Jovita
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
    • Dade City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhorn Oaks, with the one closest to Buckhorn Oaks listed first.
    • Gandy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • Feather Sound
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Saint Petersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lealman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lealman is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
    • Oldsmar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • High Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Pinellas Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Safety Harbor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • South Highpoint
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
    • Four Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • East Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Gulfport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckhorn Oaks, with the one closest to Buckhorn Oaks listed first.
    • Nichols
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Willow Oak
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
    • Winston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Winston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
    • Medulla
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Medulla is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medulla
    • Mulberry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Lakeland Highlands
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Lakeland Highlands is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Highlands
    • Kathleen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Bradley Junction is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Junction
    • Lakeland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Acton ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Acton is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Gibsonia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibsonia is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
    • Brewster ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Brewster is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
    • Crystal Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Crystal Lake is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake

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

Cemeteries Near Buckhorn Oaks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckhorn Oaks.

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 Buckhorn Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Brandon Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hillsboro Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Limona Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Limona Cemetery is located in Brandon.
  • Hackney - Riverview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney - Riverview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hackney - Riverview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Hackney - Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hackney Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72067 <2>
  • Serenity Meadows Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mathews Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Commemorative Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lithia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Samford Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Loving Care Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hunter Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (109 more) ...
    • Oaklawn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Blue Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hopewell Memorial Gardens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Valrico
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bloomingdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
  • Brandon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sydney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Seffner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Limona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Mango
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Peru ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Keysville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Keysville is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
  • Plant City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Thonotosassa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Knights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Knights is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Keene
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Keene is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
    • Ybor City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
    • Tampa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Buckhorn Oaks ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckhorn Oaks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buckhorn Oaks, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buckhorn Oaks.

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 Buckhorn Oaks:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buckhorn Oaks) 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 Buckhorn Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.