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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 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.

Campbell is located in Osceola 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 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poinciana Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Place
      • Poinciana Place is located in Osceola County
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
    • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Runnymede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
  • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waits Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County
    • Montverde
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clermont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
      • Hunters Creek is located in Orange County
    • Williamsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Williamsburg is located in Orange County
    • Meadow Woods
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Woods
      • Meadow Woods is located in Orange County
    • Southchase
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southchase have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southchase
      • Southchase is located in Orange County
    • Lake Buena Vista
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Buena Vista
      • Lake Buena Vista is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
    • Bay Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
      • Bay Lake is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Doctor Phillips
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doctor Phillips have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Phillips
      • Doctor Phillips is located in Orange County
    • Sand Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Tangelo Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tangelo Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangelo Park
      • Tangelo Park is located in Orange County
    • Taft
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Taft is located in Orange County
    • Bay Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
      • Bay Hill is located in Orange County
    • Oak Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
      • Oak Ridge is located in Orange County
    • Sky Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sky Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Lake
      • Sky Lake is located in Orange County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hammock Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hammock Village
      • Lake Hammock Village is located in Polk County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
      • Inwood is located in Polk County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
    • Casselberry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wekiwa Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County

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.

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 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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 the 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 <4>
  • Howard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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 the Finney Point Cemetery
    • The Finney Point Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Whaley Cemetery
  • Barber Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barber Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <4>
  • 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)
  • Mt. Peace Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Peace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (54 more) ...
    • Lock Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lock Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
      • The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Haines City Cemetery
      • New Oakland Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2398560 <4>
    • Taft Memorial Gardens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <4>

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.<5>

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)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Runnymede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
    • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
  • Narcoossee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narcoossee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcoossee
    • Narcoossee is located in Osceola County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Conway is located in Orange County
  • Orlando
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Minorville ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minorville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
    • Minorville is located in Orange County
  • Ocoee
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
    • Ocoee is located in Orange County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tildenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tildenville
      • Tildenville is located in Orange County
    • 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]<6>. 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 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 Campbell:

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

The official website for Osceola County: www.osceola.org/

The official website for State of Florida: https://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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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.
<5>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.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Campbell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Campbell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.2589, Longitude: -81.4565       In this case, the coordinates for Campbell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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