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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Caloosahatchee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Caloosahatchee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Caloosahatchee, please Contact Us.

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 Caloosahatchee (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 Caloosahatchee. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Caloosahatchee is historic, it would have been located within present day Lee 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 Lee County: Charlotte, Collier, Glades & Hendry.

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

  • Lee County     (The home county of Caloosahatchee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caloosahatchee, with the one closest to Caloosahatchee listed first.
    • Cape Coral
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • McGregor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • McGregor is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
    • Iona
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Iona is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
    • Shell Point Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Shell Point Village is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point Village
    • Whiskey Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Whiskey Creek is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Creek
    • Truckland ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Truckland is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckland
    • Harlem Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Harlem Heights is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Heights
    • Pine Manor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Pine Manor is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Manor
    • Lochmoor Waterway Estates
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Matlacha Isles - Matlacha Shores
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Matlacha
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Biggar
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cypress Lake is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Lake
  • Charlotte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caloosahatchee, with the one closest to Caloosahatchee listed first.
    • Charlotte Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Charlotte Park is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte Park
    • Fishermens Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Fishermens Village is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermens Village
    • Punta Gorda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Placida
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Solana
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Solana is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solana
    • Charlotte Harbor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Cleveland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Cleveland is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
    • Harbor View
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Harbor View is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
    • Cape Haze
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Charlotte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Rotonda West
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Harbour Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Harbour Heights is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Heights
    • El Jobean
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Collier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caloosahatchee, with the one closest to Caloosahatchee listed first.
    • Barefoot Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Barefoot Beach is located in Collier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barefoot Beach
    • Naples Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Vanderbilt Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pelican Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Collier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • North Naples
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • North Naples is located in Collier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Naples
    • Vineyards
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Vineyards is located in Collier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyards

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

Cemeteries Near Caloosahatchee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caloosahatchee.

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

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

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

  • Coral Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ft. Myers Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Coral Ridge Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Frierson - Hendry Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hendry Frierson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Calvary Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ft. Myers Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Prospect Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sanibel Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Captiva Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captiva Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Captiva Cemetery is located in Captiva.
    • The Captiva Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Chapel by the Sea Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961480 <3>
  • Continue List   (14 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.

While we didn't find Caloosahatchee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Caloosahatchee.

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

  • Punta Rassa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Punta Rassa is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punta Rassa
  • Saint James City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sanibel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Buckingham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buckingham is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
  • Alva
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Punta Gorda
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Cleveland
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Cleveland is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Charlotte Harbor
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Harbor View
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Harbor View is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View

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

Newspapers Published in Caloosahatchee ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Caloosahatchee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caloosahatchee, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Caloosahatchee.

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 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 Caloosahatchee:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Caloosahatchee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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- Caloosahatchee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.