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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 Buckingham (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 Buckingham. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Buckingham 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 Buckingham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buckingham:

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Buckingham)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
    • Valrico
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Bloomingdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
    • Durant
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Valrico Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Valrico Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valrico Village
    • Sydney
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brandon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomingdale Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • 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
    • West Plant City Farms
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • West Plant City Farms is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plant City Farms
    • Windhorst Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Windhorst Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windhorst Village
    • Fish Hawk
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Fish Hawk is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Hawk
    • Parkside Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Parkside Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside Village
    • 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 Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham listed first.
    • Duette
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Parrish
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Wesley Chapel South
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
    • Wesley Chapel
      (23 miles [37 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • San Antonio
      (29 miles [46.7 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>
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham 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)
    • 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)
    • Saint Petersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • 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)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • South Highpoint
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
    • Four Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Gulfport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Kenneth City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckingham, with the one closest to Buckingham 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
    • Mulberry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • 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
    • 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
    • Bradley Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bradley Junction is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Junction
    • Kathleen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Brewster ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Brewster is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
    • Eaton Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • 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

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

Cemeteries Near Buckingham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckingham.

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

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

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

  • Brandon Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • 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)
  • Hillsboro Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Limona Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Limona Cemetery is located in Brandon.
  • Commemorative Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lithia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mathews Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Samford Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hunter Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Loving Care Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (107 more) ...

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

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

  • Bloomingdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
  • Valrico
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Sydney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brandon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Limona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Seffner
    (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
  • Mango
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Keysville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • 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   (14 more) ...
    • 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
    • Keene
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Keene is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
    • 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 Buckingham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buckingham.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Buckingham:

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 '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- Buckingham) 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 Buckingham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.