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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 Campbell (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 Campbell. 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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Campbell is located in Osceola 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 Osceola County: Brevard, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Okeechobee, Orange & Polk.

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

  • Osceola County     (The home county of Campbell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Kissimmee
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Intercession City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Celebration
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Poinciana Place
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Poinciana Place is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Place
    • Poinciana
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • ChampionsGate
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
    • Reunion
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Saint Cloud
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Runnymede
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Four Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Waits Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
    • Montverde
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clermont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mohawk is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
    • Minneola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ferndale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Hunters Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Hunters Creek is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
    • Williamsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Williamsburg is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Meadow Woods
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadow Woods is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Woods
    • Southchase
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Southchase is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southchase
    • Lake Buena Vista
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Buena Vista is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Buena Vista
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
    • Bay Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bay Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Doctor Phillips
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Doctor Phillips is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Phillips
    • Sand Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Tangelo Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Tangelo Park is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangelo Park
    • Taft
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Taft is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Bay Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Bay Hill is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
    • Oak Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Oak Ridge is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
    • Sky Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sky Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Lake
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Loughman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Davenport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Haines City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Hammock Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Hamilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dundee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Alfred
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Waverly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cypress Gardens
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Winter Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Polk City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Auburndale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Inwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Inwood is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Fern Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Forest City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Casselberry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Campbell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campbell.

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

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

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

  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Osceola Memory Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Kissimmee.
    • The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rosehill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72538 <2>
  • Howard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Loughman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Finney Point Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finney Point Cemetery
    • The Finney Point Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Whaley Cemetery
  • Barber Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Davenport.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Davenport Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71888 <2>
  • Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Ret Row Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • East Lake Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the East Lake Cemetery is located in Kissimmee.
    • The East Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Boggy Creek Cemetery
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2238544 <2>
  • Mt. Peace Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (54 more) ...
    • Lock Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Taft Memorial Gardens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Memorial Gardens
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taft Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Taft.
      • The Taft Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
      • Taft Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1217063 <2>

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.<3>

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

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

  • Kissimmee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Cloud
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Runnymede
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
  • Narcoossee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Narcoossee is located in Osceola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcoossee
  • Haines City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Castle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Windermere
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Gotha
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Conway
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Conway is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
  • Orlando
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Minorville ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Minorville is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
  • Ocoee
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ocoee is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <1>
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Winter Garden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Tildenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tildenville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tildenville
    • Winter Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Campbell ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campbell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campbell, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campbell.

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 Campbell:

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>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 Campbell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Campbell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.